Ochrosia elliptica | |
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An Ochrosia elliptica in the Bahamas | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Apocynaceae |
Genus: | Ochrosia |
Species: | O. elliptica |
Binomial name | |
Ochrosia elliptica Labill. |
Ochrosia elliptica, known as elliptic yellowwood or kopsia is a flowering tree native to north-eastern Australia, Lord Howe Island and New Caledonia.
The tree bears an inedible red colored fruit with a white sticky flesh. It has been introduced to Florida where it is considered invasive and also to The Bahamas