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Ochrosia borbonica is a tropical tree from the Mascarene Islands (Mauritius and Réunion), listed as endangered in the wild and rarely grown in gardens. It needs warm, frost-free conditions and is best grown outdoors in the tropics.
Ochrosia borbonica is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is native to Mauritius and Réunion, and naturalized in Guangdong Province in China.
The species is listed as endangered.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ochrosia borbonica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
