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<big>''[[Ochrosia oppositifolia]]'' (Lamk) K. Schum.</big>
__NOTOC__
:Protologue: Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(2): 156 (1895).
== Synonyms ==
''Ochrosia salubris'' (Raf.) Blume (1850), ''Ochrosia borbonica'' auct. non J.F. Gmelin, ''Neisosperma oppositifolia'' (Lamk) Fosberg & Sachet (1977).
== Vernacular names ==
*Bois jaune (Fr)
*Indonesia: upas laki-laki (Malay, Moluccas), songgo langit (Javanese), lau lite (Ambon)
*Philippines: ginlin (Sulu)
*Vietnam: chai lang, chai bông.
== Distribution ==
''O. oppositifolia'' is found throughout South-East Asia, on the islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans and the coast of tropical Asia.
== Uses ==
In Vietnam, bark, wood and leaves are credited with febrifugal and stomachic properties.
== Observations ==
A shrub or tree up to 45 m tall, trunk up to 50 cm in diameter; leaves in whorls of 3-4(-5), usually obovate, rarely elliptical, (4.5-)8-36 cm × (1.5-)3-18 cm, base decurrent onto the petiole, apex often rounded to obtuse, sometimes apiculate, rarely truncate or shallowly retuse, petiole 1-6.5 cm long; inflorescence axillary and terminal cyme, in whorls of 2-4, peduncle 0.5-13.5 cm long, congested, many-flowered; flowers fragrant, pedicellate, sepals ovate, 1-2.2 mm × 0.7-1.6 mm, obtuse, thick, green, corolla tube (4-)5-10(-12) mm long, corolla lobes narrowlyelliptical, (4-)5-9(12) mm × 2-3 mm, stamens included; fruit consisting of 2 separate mericarps, mericarps ellipsoid or ovoid, 5-8 cm × 3-5.5 cm, mesocarp fibrous, united with the stone, green and turning yellow when ripe; seed suborbicular to elliptical, 25 mm × 20 mm, thin, winged. ''O. oppositifolia'' is found along the seashore, in coastal forest, less often inland, often on limestone, but not in the mangrove.
== Selected sources ==
74, 117, 133, 672, 730, 786.
== Authors ==
J.L.C.H. van Valkenburg & R. Hendrian
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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Ochrosia oppositifolia'' (PROSEA)}}
<big>''[[Ochrosia oppositifolia]]'' (Lamk) K. Schum.</big>
__NOTOC__
:Protologue: Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(2): 156 (1895).
== Synonyms ==
''Ochrosia salubris'' (Raf.) Blume (1850), ''Ochrosia borbonica'' auct. non J.F. Gmelin, ''Neisosperma oppositifolia'' (Lamk) Fosberg & Sachet (1977).
== Vernacular names ==
*Bois jaune (Fr)
*Indonesia: upas laki-laki (Malay, Moluccas), songgo langit (Javanese), lau lite (Ambon)
*Philippines: ginlin (Sulu)
*Vietnam: chai lang, chai bông.
== Distribution ==
''O. oppositifolia'' is found throughout South-East Asia, on the islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans and the coast of tropical Asia.
== Uses ==
In Vietnam, bark, wood and leaves are credited with febrifugal and stomachic properties.
== Observations ==
A shrub or tree up to 45 m tall, trunk up to 50 cm in diameter; leaves in whorls of 3-4(-5), usually obovate, rarely elliptical, (4.5-)8-36 cm × (1.5-)3-18 cm, base decurrent onto the petiole, apex often rounded to obtuse, sometimes apiculate, rarely truncate or shallowly retuse, petiole 1-6.5 cm long; inflorescence axillary and terminal cyme, in whorls of 2-4, peduncle 0.5-13.5 cm long, congested, many-flowered; flowers fragrant, pedicellate, sepals ovate, 1-2.2 mm × 0.7-1.6 mm, obtuse, thick, green, corolla tube (4-)5-10(-12) mm long, corolla lobes narrowlyelliptical, (4-)5-9(12) mm × 2-3 mm, stamens included; fruit consisting of 2 separate mericarps, mericarps ellipsoid or ovoid, 5-8 cm × 3-5.5 cm, mesocarp fibrous, united with the stone, green and turning yellow when ripe; seed suborbicular to elliptical, 25 mm × 20 mm, thin, winged. ''O. oppositifolia'' is found along the seashore, in coastal forest, less often inland, often on limestone, but not in the mangrove.
== Selected sources ==
74, 117, 133, 672, 730, 786.
== Authors ==
J.L.C.H. van Valkenburg & R. Hendrian
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