Putranjivaceae
Genera: 2, Drypetes with 214 species, Putranjiva with 4 species.
Taxonomy
Putranjivaceae is the only family outside Brassicales that produces mustard oils. Putranjivaceae was formerly a tribe, Drypeteae, of the subfamily Phyllanthoideae in the Euphorbiaceae.Phylogenetic research resulted in Phyllanthoideae being separated in the new family Phyllanthaceae. Drypeteae was also made stand alone, with the status of a family: Putranjivaceae.
Botany
Evergreen tropical trees
Region: Old World tropics, Africa Maleisia, tropical America.
Leaves: 2-ranked coriaceous leaves, radish-like or peppery taste. Flowers: fasciculate; small.
Fruits: single-seeded drupe crown by the persistent stigmas.