古城玫瑰树 Ochrosia elliptica
- Scientific Name: Ochrosia elliptica Labill.
- Ref: Sert. Austro-Caledon.:25. 1824
- Synonyms: Bleekeria calocarpa Hassk.; B. elliptica (Labill.) Koidz.; B. kalocarpa Hassk.; Excavatia elliptica (Labill.) Markgr.; Lactaria calocarpa (Hassk.) Hassk.; L. elliptica (Labill.) Kuntze; L. parviflora (G.Don) Kuntze; Ochrosia calocarpa (Hassk.) Miq.; O. elliptica f. syncarpa Boiteau; O. parviflora G.Don
- English Common Name: elliptic yellowwood, bloodhorn, kopsia
- Chinese Common Name: 古城玫瑰树 gǔchéng méiguī∙shù
- Family: Apocynaceae
- Genus: Ochrosia
- Distribution: S Guangdong, Taiwan [introduced from Australia]
- Photo: 06/21/2009, South China Botanical Garden, Guangdong
Trees to 6 m tall, glabrous. Petiole 1.5-2 cm; leaf blade obovate to broadly elliptic, 8-15 X 3-5 cm, apex obtuse or short acuminate. Cymes corymbose. Flowers sessile. Sepals ovate, ca. 2 mm, not ciliate, apex obtuse. Corolla white, cylindric, tube ca. 1 cm; lobes linear, ca. 6 mm. Anthers narrowly oblong. Drupes ellipsoid, 2-4 X ca. 1 cm. Seeds suborbicular, narrow margined. Fl. Jun. (Flora of China)