Ochrosia elliptica Labill
Elliptic Yellow wood
Evergreen shrub or small tree, growing 4-6 m tall leaves simple, leathery dark green elliptic to obovate 8-20 cm long and 4-8 cm wide flowers white, small, fragrant fruit toxic , drupe, red, ellipsoid with pointed apex, 3-6 cm long, 2-4 cm in diameter
ornamental, being valued for its startling bright red fruits and dense clusters of cream flowers that are produced throughout the year on an open spreading leafy canopy. The bark is used in traditional medicine for some pathologies cytotoxic indole alkaloids have been extracted from the leaves, in particular ellipticin, whose synthesis derivatives, with less serious side effects and greater selectivity, have proved to be of great interest as antitumor substances
Bleekeria elliptic (Labill) Koidz, Ochrosia parviflora GDon
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