Plant Details

Accepted name:: Ochrosia elliptica Labill. [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 chauve-souris	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
bwa sousouri	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
gu cheng mei gui shu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pokosola	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
scarlet wedge-apple	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 11 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Ochrosia parviflora G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 99 (1837).
Bleekeria calocarpa Hassk. Retzia 1: 40 (1855).
Bleekeria elliptica (Labill.) Koidz. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 37: 52 (1923).
Bleekeria kalocarpa Hassk. Retzia 1: 40 (1855).
Excavatia elliptica (Labill.) Markgr. Bull. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 141: 128 (1936).
Lactaria calocarpa (Hassk.) Hassk. Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 4: 9 (1856).
Lactaria elliptica (Labill.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 415 (1891).
Lactaria parviflora (G.Don) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 415 (1891).
Ochrosia calocarpa (Hassk.) Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 4: 139 (1869).
Ochrosia elliptica f. syncarpa Boiteau Adansonia, n.s., 15: 151 (1975).
Ochrosia noumeensis Baill. ex Guillaumin Bull. Soc. Bot. France 88: 34 (1941).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ochrosia elliptica	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Ochrosia elliptica Labill.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Ochrosia parviflora (Farst.) G. Don	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)

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