Putranjiva
Genus of flowering plants
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Putranjiva is a plant genus of the family Putranjivaceae, first described as a genus in 1826. It is native to Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, Japan, southern China, and New Guinea.[2]
| Putranjiva | |
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| Putranjiva roxburghii[1] | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Putranjivaceae |
| Genus: | Putranjiva Wall. |
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Along with Drypetes (of the same family), it contains mustard oils as a chemical defense against herbivores.[3] The ability to produce glucosinolates is believed to have evolved only twice, in the Putranjivaceae and the Brassicales.[3]
- Species[2]
- Putranjiva formosana Kaneh. & Sasaki ex Shimada - Guangdong, Taiwan
- Putranjiva matsumurae Koidz. - Honsu + Ryukyu Islands in Japan
- Putranjiva roxburghii Wall. - Indian Subcontinent (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka), Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea
- Putranjiva zeylanica (Thwaites) Müll.Arg. - Sri Lanka
