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Summary

Drypetes is a plant genus of the family Putranjivaceae, in the order Malpighiales.
It was previously in the family Euphorbiaceae, tribe Drypeteae, and was the sole pantropical zoochorous genus of the family.
The genus comprises about 200 species, found in Africa, southern Asia, Australia, Central America, the Caribbean, southern Florida, Mexico, and various oceanic islands. They are dioecious trees or shrubs.
Along with Putranjiva, also in the Putranjivaceae, Drypetes contains the only plants outside the Brassicales known to contain mustard oils.

Species

The Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) lists:

Drypetes acuminata – Queensland Drypetes aetoxyloides – Sabah Drypetes aframensis – W Africa Drypetes afzelii – W Africa Drypetes alba – West Indies Drypetes amazonica – Ecuador, NW Brazil Drypetes ambigua – Madagascar Drypetes andamanica – Myanmar, Andaman Is Drypetes angustifolia – Central Africa Drypetes arcuatinervia – China, Vietnam Drypetes arguta – E + S Africa Drypetes assamica – E Himalayas, N Indochina Drypetes aubrevillei – W Africa Drypetes australis – KwaZulu-Natal Drypetes aylmeri – W Africa Drypetes bakembei – Central African Republic Drypetes balakrishnanii – Bangladesh, Myanmar Drypetes bathiei – Madagascar Drypetes bawanii – Philippines Drypetes bhattacharyae – Andaman & Nicobar Drypetes bipindensis – C Africa Drypetes bisacuta – Laos Drypetes brownii – S Mexico, C America Drypetes caesia – Sabah, Kalimantan Drypetes calvescens – C Africa Drypetes calyptosepala – Sumatra Drypetes cambodica – Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar Drypetes capillipes – C Africa Drypetes capuronii – Madagascar Drypetes carolinensis – Yap Drypetes castilloi – Sabah Drypetes caustica – Réunion Drypetes celastrinea – Cameroon Drypetes celebica – Sulawesi, W New Guinea Drypetes chevalieri – W + C Africa Drypetes cinnabarina – C Africa Drypetes cockburnii – Malaysia Drypetes comorensis –...