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] 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.

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