Common name: Southern Ochrosia
Ochrosia moorei (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth. APNI* 
Description: Erect shrub or small tree to 9 m high, shoots glabrous; terminal leaf buds enclosed in a sticky exudate.
Leaves oblanceolate to narrow-oblanceolate, 6–18 cm long, 18–40 mm wide, apex acuminate, gradually tapering to the base, lamina soft, with 16–40 pairs secondary veins, upper surface dark green and glossy, lower surface paler; petiole 2–14 mm long, green.
Flowers white, c. 14 mm diam. Calyx c. 3 mm long. Corolla tube c. 8 mm long.
Drupes ± ellipsoid to ovoid, 4–8 cm long, 20–25 mm diam., bright red, the endocarp hard, with smooth fine grooves or shallow ribs.
Flowering: summer.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in subtropical rainforest in the Tweed and Richmond R. districts, not common.
NSW subdivisions: NC
Other Australian states: Qld
Threatened species: NSW BCA: Endangered; Commonwealth EPBC: Endangered
Text by G. J. Harden & J. B. Williams
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992)
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