Rank Genus | Family Putranjivaceae | |
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Similar Drypetes, Amanoa, Sterculia villosa, Tragia, Baliospermum |
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.

- 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


References
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