''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

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and in high doses as an

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. ''Ochrosia oppositifolia'' is native to regions from the

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through tropical Asia to the Pacific. Oppositines are vasorelaxant beta-carbolines isolated from ''Ochrosia oppositifolia''.

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File:Ochrosia oppositifolia 3836716.jpg, Fruits.

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File:Ochrosia oppositifolia seed and seedling, Guam.jpg, Fruit and seedling.

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oppositifolia Plants used in traditional African medicine Chagos Archipelago Trees of Seychelles Trees of Indo-China Trees of Malesia Trees of Papuasia Trees of the Pacific Plants described in 1783 {{Apocynaceae-stub