Plant Details

Accepted name:: Ochrosia borbonica J.F.Gmel. [Apocynaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bois jaune	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
mei gui shu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
quinquina du pays	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
bark		Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 14 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cerbera borbonica (J.F.Gmel.) Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 642 (1824).
Cerbera maculata (Jacq.) Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 1: 1223 (1798).
Cerbera undulata Andrews Bot. Repos. 2: t. 130 (1801).
Chassalia clusiifolia DC. Prodr. 4: 532 (1830).
Coffea clusiifolia (DC.) D.Dietr. Syn. Plant. 1: 777 (1839).
Diderota amphicarpa Comm. ex A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 356 (1844).
Lactaria borbonica (J.F.Gmel.) Koidz. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 37: 51 (1923).
Lactaria maculata (Jacq.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 415 (1891).
Ochrosia maculata Jacq. Collectanea 4: 218 (1791), nom. illeg.
Ochrosia undulata Bojer Hortus Maurit.: 206 (1837).
Ophioxylon ochrosia Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 266 (1805).
Rauvolfia striata Poir. in J.B.A.P.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 6: 83 (1804).
Tabernaemontana obtusa Sm. in A.Rees, Cycl. 35: n.° 8 (1817).
Tanghinia maculata (Jacq.) G.Don in R.Sweet, Hort. Brit., ed. 3: 461 (1839).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ochrosia borbonica	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Ochrosia borbonica Gmelin	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Ochrosia borbonica J. F. Gmel	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
Ochrosia borbonica J. F. Gmel.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Ochrosia borbonica J.F.Gmel.	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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