Drypetes

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

Contents

• Octonary ingredients of drypetes roxburghii formulations pankaj oudhia s medicinal plant database
• Octonary ingredients of drypetes macrophylla formulations pankaj oudhia s medicinal plant database
• Species
• References

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.