Putranjiva
Sign in to savePutranjiva 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.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalpighiales
- FamilyPutranjivaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5
- With media
- 5
- Family
- Putranjivaceae
- Collections
- MO, NY, VT, UF
- Recorded in
- China, United States
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- Parent taxon
- Putranjivaceae
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- Putranjiva roxburghii - Putranjiva at Kolkatta - IRCTC 2017 (2).jpg
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- taxon common name
- 非洲核果木属
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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.
Along with Drypetes (of the same family), it contains mustard oils as a chemical defense against herbivores. The ability to produce glucosinolates is believed to have evolved only twice, in the Putranjivaceae and the Brassicales. left|thumb|Putranjiva roxburghii seen in Hebbal Lake Gardens, Bangalore left|thumb|Putranjiva roxburghii seen in Hebbal Lake Gardens, Bangalore thumb|Male inflorescence of Putranjiva roxburghii thumb|Pollen grains of Putranjiva roxburghii Species 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
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