Putranjiva

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]

"Palenga" redirects here. For other uses, see Palenga (disambiguation).

Putranjiva
Putranjiva roxburghii[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Putranjivaceae
Genus: Putranjiva
Wall.
Synonyms[2]
  • Nageia Roxb. 1832 not Gaertn. 1788
  • Palenga Thwaites
  • Liodendron H.Keng

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]

Putranjiva roxburghii seen in Hebbal Lake Gardens, Bangalore
Putranjiva roxburghii seen in Hebbal Lake Gardens, Bangalore
Species[2]
  1. Putranjiva formosana Kaneh. & Sasaki ex Shimada - Guangdong, Taiwan
  2. Putranjiva matsumurae Koidz. - Honsu + Ryukyu Islands in Japan
  3. Putranjiva roxburghii Wall. - Indian Subcontinent (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka), Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea
  4. Putranjiva zeylanica (Thwaites) Müll.Arg. - Sri Lanka

References
  1. illustration from tab. 53 of D. Brandis, Illustrations of the Forest Flora of North-West and Central India, 1874
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Pamela S. Soltis and Douglas E. Soltis (2004), "The origin and diversification of angiosperms", American Journal of Botany, 91 (10): 1614–1626, doi:10.3732/ajb.91.10.1614, PMID 21652312


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