Ochrosia oppositifolia


Ochrosia oppositifolia grows as a small to medium-sized tree up to tall, with a trunk diameter of up to. Its flowers feature a creamy to white corolla. Its habitat is coastal forest, bush or open areas to altitude, rarely inland. Local medicinal uses include as a carminative and in high doses as an abortifacient. Ochrosia oppositifolia is native to regions from the Seychelles through tropical Asia to the Pacific. It is also known as the fruit-bat tree locally in the Seychelles.
Oppositines are vasorelaxant beta-carbolines isolated from Ochrosia oppositifolia.