''Ochrosia glomerata'' is a species of tree in the family
Apocynaceae
Apocynaceae (from ''Apocynum'', Greek for "dog-away") is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, stem succulents, and vines, commonly known as the dogbane family, because some taxa were used as dog poison Members of the ...
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Description
''Ochrosia glomerata'' grows as a tree up to tall, with a trunk diameter of up to . The bark is pale greyish brown to blackish brown.
Inflorescences
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a Plant stem, stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphology (biology), Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of sperma ...
bear up to four fragrant flowers. The flowers feature a white
corolla.
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Distribution and habitat
''Ochrosia glomerata'' is native to Borneo
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, the Philippines, islands of eastern Indonesia, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands
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References
glomerata
Flora of Malesia
Flora of Papuasia
Plants described in 1850
Taxa named by Carl Ludwig Blume
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