Ochrosia is a genus of flowering plants, first described in 1789. It is in the family Apocynaceae,[1][2][3][4] native to Southeast Asia, Australia, and various islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.[5][6]
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Species in the genus include:[5]
- Ochrosia ackeringae (Teijsm. & Binn.) Miq. – Indonesia, Philippines, Papuasia, Christmas Island
- Ochrosia acuminata Trimen ex Valeton – Sulawesi
- Ochrosia alyxioides Guillaumin – Vanuatu
- Ochrosia apoensis Elmer – Luzon, Mindanao
- Ochrosia balansae (Guillaumin) Baill. ex Guillaumin – New Caledonia
- Ochrosia basistamina Hendrian – Sulawesi
- Ochrosia bodenheimarum Guillaumin – Vallée de la Toutouta in New Caledonia
- Ochrosia borbonica J.F.Gmel. – Mauritius + Réunion; naturalized in Guangdong
- Ochrosia brevituba Boiteau – New Caledonia
- Ochrosia brownii (Fosberg & Sachet) Lorence & Butaud – Nuku Hiva in Marquesas (extinct in the wild)
- Ochrosia citrodora K.Schum. & Lauterb. – New Guinea
- Ochrosia coccinea (Teijsm. & Binn.) Miq. – Maluku, Sulawesi, New Guinea, Solomon Islands; naturalized in Guangdong
- Ochrosia compta K.Schum., Hōlei – Hawaii (Maui, Oʻahu, Molokaʻi)[7]
- Ochrosia elliptica Labill. – Lord Howe Island, Queensland, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Nauru; naturalized in Guangdong + Taiwan
- Ochrosia fatuhivensis Fosberg & Sachet – Fatu Hiva in Marquesas but extinct[8]
- Ochrosia ficifolia (S.Moore) Markgr. – New Guinea
- Ochrosia glomerata (Blume) F.Muell. – Borneo, Sulawesi, Philippines, Maluku, New Guinea, Solomon Islands
- Ochrosia grandiflora Boit. – New Caledonia
- Ochrosia haleakalae H.St.John, Hōlei – Maui + island of Hawaiʻi (so-called Big Island) in Hawaiian Islands
- Ochrosia hexandra Koidz. – Kazan-retto ( = Volcano Islands of Japan)
- Ochrosia inventorum L.Allorge – New Caledonia
- Ochrosia iwasakiana (Koidz.) Koidz. ex Masam. ( = Ryukyu Islands of Japan)
- Ochrosia kauaiensis H.St.John, Hōlei – Kauaʻi in Hawaiian Islands
- †Ochrosia kilaueaensis H.St.John, Hōlei – island of Hawaiʻi (so-called Big Island) in Hawaiian Islands, but extinct
- Ochrosia kilneri F.Muell. – Queensland
- Ochrosia lifuana Guillaumin – Loyalty Islands + Isle of Pines in New Caledonia
- Ochrosia mariannensis A.DC. – Mariana Islands
- Ochrosia miana Baill. ex Guillaumin – New Caledonia
- Ochrosia minima (Markgr.) Fosberg & Boiteau – Queensland, Papua New Guinea
- Ochrosia moorei (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth. – Queensland, New South Wales
- Ochrosia mulsantii Montrouz. – New Caledonia
- Ochrosia nakaiana (Koidz.) Koidz. ex H.Hara – Ogasawara-shoto ( = Bonin Islands of Japan)
- Ochrosia newelliana F.M.Bailey – Queensland
- Ochrosia novocaledonica Däniker – New Caledonia
- Ochrosia oppositifolia (Lam.) K.Schum. – 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
- Ochrosia poweri F.M.Bailey – Queensland, New South Wales
- Ochrosia sciadophylla Markgr – Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands
- Ochrosia sevenetii Boiteau – New Guinea
- Ochrosia silvatica Däniker – New Caledonia
- Ochrosia solomonensis (Merr. & L.M.Perry) Fosberg & Boiteau – Solomon Islands
- Ochrosia syncarpa Markgr. – Bali, Lombok, Timor, Flores
- Ochrosia tahitensis Laness. ex Pichon – Tahiti
- Ochrosia tenimberensis Markgr. – Tanimbar Islands
