Drypetes

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Drypetes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Malpighiales Family: Putranjivaceae Genus: Drypetes Vahl
Species
Drypetes australasica Drypetes darcyana Drypetes deplanchei Drypetes glauca Drypetes lasiogyna Drypetes littoralis Drypetes paxii Drypetes variabilis etc.

Drypetes is a plant genus of the family Putranjivaceae. It was previously put in family Euphorbiaceae, tribe Drypeteae and was the sole pantropical zoochorous genus of the family. The genus comprises about 200 species.

[edit] Synonymy

The genus is equally named:

• Anaua Miq.
• Astylis Wight
• Brexiopsis H.Perrier
• Calyptosepalum S.Moore
• Cyclostemon Blume
• Discophis Raf.
• Dodecastemon Hassk.
• Freireodendron Müll.Arg.
• Guya Frapp.
• Hemicyclia Wight & Arn.
• Humblotia Baill.
• Laneasagum Bedd.
• Liparena Poit. ex Leman
• Liparene Baill.
• Palenga Thwaites
• Paracasearia Boerl.
• Periplexis Wall.
• Pycnosandra Blume
• Riseleya Hemsl.
• Sphragidia Thwaites
• Stelechanteria Thouars ex Baill.

[edit] Gallery of Drypetes roxburghii

Foliage with male flowers in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.	Leaves in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.	Leaves with male flowers in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.	Male flowers in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Tree in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.	Trunk in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.