Clades:
Putranjivaceae.
Region: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea.
Habitat: long river-banks, in shady valleys, evergreen forests; dry region.
Content: mustard oils, glucosinolate; erythrodiol; triterpenes drypechevalin A and drypechevalin B; lupeol, lupeone, putranjivadione, friedelin
Use: source of beads, oil and wood; ornamental.
BotanyEvergreen, dioecious sometimes monoecious tree; up to 12 metres tall; attractive tree with pendant branches.