What is "ochrosia"

Ochrosia is a flowering plant genus of flowering plants, first described as a genus in 1789. It is in the milkweed family Apocynaceae, native to Southeast Asia, Australia, and various islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

1. Ochrosia ackeringae – Indonesia, Philippines, Papuasia, Christmas Island
2. Ochrosia acuminata Trimen ex Valeton - Sulawesi
3. Ochrosia alyxioides Guillaumin - Vanuatu
4. Ochrosia apoensis Elmer - Luzon, Mindanao
5. Ochrosia balansae (Guillaumin) Baill. ex Guillaumin - New Caledonia
6. Ochrosia basistamina Hendrian - Sulawesi
7. Ochrosia bodenheimarum Guillaumin - Vallée de la Toutouta in New Caledonia
8. Ochrosia borbonica – Mauritius + Réunion; naturalized in Guangdong
9. Ochrosia brevituba Boiteau - New Caledonia
10. Ochrosia brownii (Fosberg & Sachet) Lorence & Butaud - Nuku Hiva in Marquesas
11. Ochrosia citrodora K.Schum. & Lauterb. - New Guinea
12. Ochrosia coccinea (Teijsm. & Binn.) Miq. - Maluku, Sulawesi, New Guinea, Solomon Islands; naturalized in Guangdong
13. Ochrosia compta , Hōlei – Hawaii ( Maui, Oahu, Molokai)
14. Ochrosia elliptica – Lord Howe Island, Queensland, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Nauru; naturalized in Guangdong + Taiwan
15. † Ochrosia fatuhivensis – Fatu Hiva in Marquesas but extinct
16. Ochrosia ficifolia (S.Moore) Markgr. - New Guinea
17. Ochrosia glomerata - Borneo, Sulawesi, Philippines, Maluku, New Guinea, Solomon Islands
18. Ochrosia grandiflora – New Caledonia
19. Ochrosia haleakalae , Hōlei – Maui + island of Hawaii (so-called Big Island) in Hawaiian Islands
20. Ochrosia hexandra Koidz. - Kazan-retto ( = Volcano Islands of Japan)
21. Ochrosia inventorum L.Allorge – New Caledonia
22. Ochrosia iwasakiana (Koidz.) Koidz. ex Masam. ( = Ryukyu Islands of Japan)
23. Ochrosia kauaiensis , Hōlei – Kauai in Hawaiian Islands
24. Ochrosia kilaueaensis , Hōlei – island of Hawaii (so-called Big Island) in Hawaiian Islands; probably extinct
25. Ochrosia kilneri F.Muell. - Queensland
26. Ochrosia lifuana Guillaumin - Loyalty Islands + Isle of Pines in New Caledonia
27. Ochrosia mariannensis A.DC. - Mariana Islands
28. Ochrosia miana Baill. ex Guillaumin – New Caledonia
29. Ochrosia minima – Queensland, Papua New Guinea
30. Ochrosia moorei – Queensland, New South Wales
31. Ochrosia mulsantii Montrouz. – New Caledonia
32. Ochrosia nakaiana (Koidz.) Koidz. ex H.Hara - Ogasawara-shoto ( = Bonin Islands of Japan)
33. Ochrosia newelliana F.M.Bailey – Queensland
34. Ochrosia novocaledonica Däniker – New Caledonia
35. Ochrosia oppositifolia - Seychelles, Chagos Islands, Sri Lanka, Maldive Islands, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Vietnam, W Malaysia, Indonesia, Papuasia, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis & Futuna, French Polynesia, Line Islands, Micronesia
36. Ochrosia poweri F.M.Bailey - Queensland, New South Wales
37. Ochrosia sciadophylla Markgr - Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands
38. Ochrosia sevenetii Boiteau - New Guinea
39. Ochrosia silvatica Däniker – New Caledonia
40. Ochrosia solomonensis (Merr. & L.M.Perry) Fosberg & Boiteau - Solomon Islands
41. Ochrosia syncarpa Markgr. - Bali, Lombok, Timor, Flores
42. † Ochrosia tahitensis – Tahiti but extinct
43. Ochrosia tenimberensis Markgr. - Tanimbar Islands

1. † Ochrosia nukuhivensis = † Rauvolfia nukuhivensis (Fosberg & Sachet) Lorence & Butaud
2. Ochrosia sandwicensis A.DC. = Rauvolfia sandwicensis A.DC.
3. Ochrosia tuberculata (Vahl) Pichon = Rauvolfia sandwicensis A.DC.