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Drypetes

Drypetes
Drypetes deplanchei Greybark Mt Eliza track Lord Howe Island 6June2011.jpg
Drypetes deplanchei
Drypetes sepiaria (fruit).jpg
Fruits of Drypetes sepiaria with leaves
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Putranjivaceae
Genus: Drypetes
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Synonyms

Drypetes is a plant genus of the family Putranjivaceae, in the order Malpighiales.

It was previously in the family Euphorbiaceae, tribe Drypeteae, and was the sole pantropical zoochorous genus of the family.

The genus comprises about 200 species, found in Africa, southern Asia, Australia, Central America, the Caribbean, southern Florida, Mexico, and various oceanic islands.

Along with Putranjiva, also in the Putranjivaceae, Drypetes contains the only plants outside the Brassicales known to contain mustard oils. Nevertheless, other plants, including papaya, produce glucosinolates in unripened fruit, skin and seeds.


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