상록수로 성목은 2~10m까지 자란다.

중국에서 약용으로 재배되고 있으며 Ochrosia속 협죽도과 식물들이 수액에 독성이 있으므로 

이 식물 또한 주의가 필요한듯 보인다.

동남아시아의 찰흙성향의 열대우림과 저지대 우림에서 자란다.

수분은 곤충에 의해서 수분되는점에 향기는 좋치 않을 듯 싶다.

나무 껍질에 인돌 알칼로이드 ellipticine, 9-methoxy-elipticine, reserpiline성분이 존재하고

특히나 ellipticine이 종양과 암에 대한 항암특성을 가지고 있어 중국에서 약용으로 재배를 한다.

Ochrosia종 리스트

Ochrosia ackeringae (Teijsm. & Binn.) Miq. – Indonesia, Philippines, Papuasia, Christmas Island

Ochrosia acuminata Trimen ex Valeton - Sulawesi

Ochrosia alyxioides Guillaumin - Vanuatu

Ochrosia apoensis Elmer - Luzon, Mindanao

Ochrosia balansae (Guillaumin) Baill. ex Guillaumin - New Caledonia

Ochrosia basistamina Hendrian - Sulawesi

Ochrosia bodenheimarum Guillaumin - Vallée de la Toutouta in New Caledonia

Ochrosia borbonica J.F.Gmel. – Mauritius + Réunion; naturalized in Guangdong

Ochrosia brevituba Boiteau - New Caledonia

Ochrosia brownii (Fosberg & Sachet) Lorence & Butaud - Nuku Hiva in Marquesas

Ochrosia citrodora K.Schum. & Lauterb. - New Guinea

Ochrosia coccinea (Teijsm. & Binn.) Miq. - Maluku, Sulawesi, New Guinea, Solomon Islands; naturalized in Guangdong

Ochrosia compta K.Schum., Hōlei – Hawaii (Maui, Oʻahu, Molokaʻi)[7]

Ochrosia elliptica Labill. – Lord Howe Island, Queensland, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Nauru; naturalized in Guangdong + Taiwan

†Ochrosia fatuhivensis Fosberg & Sachet – Fatu Hiva in Marquesas but extinct[8]

Ochrosia ficifolia (S.Moore) Markgr. - New Guinea

Ochrosia glomerata (Blume) F.Muell. - Borneo, Sulawesi, Philippines, Maluku, New Guinea, Solomon Islands

Ochrosia grandiflora Boit. – New Caledonia

Ochrosia haleakalae H.St.John, Hōlei – Maui + island of Hawaiʻi (so-called Big Island) in Hawaiian Islands

Ochrosia hexandra Koidz. - Kazan-retto ( = Volcano Islands of Japan)

Ochrosia inventorum L.Allorge – New Caledonia

Ochrosia iwasakiana (Koidz.) Koidz. ex Masam. ( = Ryukyu Islands of Japan)

Ochrosia kauaiensis H.St.John, Hōlei – Kauaʻi in Hawaiian Islands

Ochrosia kilaueaensis H.St.John, Hōlei – island of Hawaiʻi (so-called Big Island) in Hawaiian Islands; probably extinct

Ochrosia kilneri F.Muell. - Queensland

Ochrosia lifuana Guillaumin - Loyalty Islands + Isle of Pines in New Caledonia

Ochrosia mariannensis A.DC. - Mariana Islands

Ochrosia miana Baill. ex Guillaumin – New Caledonia

Ochrosia minima (Markgr.) Fosberg & Boiteau – Queensland, Papua New Guinea

Ochrosia moorei (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth. – Queensland, New South Wales

Ochrosia mulsantii Montrouz. – New Caledonia

Ochrosia nakaiana (Koidz.) Koidz. ex H.Hara - Ogasawara-shoto ( = Bonin Islands of Japan)

Ochrosia newelliana F.M.Bailey – Queensland

Ochrosia novocaledonica Däniker – New Caledonia

Ochrosia oppositifolia (Lam.) K.Schum. - Seychelles, Chagos Islands, Sri Lanka, Maldive Islands, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Vietnam, W Malaysia, Indonesia, Papuasia, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis & Futuna, French Polynesia, Line Islands, Micronesia

Ochrosia poweri F.M.Bailey - Queensland, New South Wales

Ochrosia sciadophylla Markgr - Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands

Ochrosia sevenetii Boiteau - New Guinea

Ochrosia silvatica Däniker – New Caledonia

Ochrosia solomonensis (Merr. & L.M.Perry) Fosberg & Boiteau - Solomon Islands

Ochrosia syncarpa Markgr. - Bali, Lombok, Timor, Flores

Ochrosia tahitensis Laness. ex Pichon – Tahiti but extinct

Ochrosia tenimberensis Markgr. - Tanimbar Islands