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Drypetes laevis (Drypetes laevis)

Description

Hydnocarpus is a genus of medium to large trees of Indochina, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines, having alternate leaves, small dioecious racemose flowers, and capsular fruits of which several are sources of chaulmoogra oil and hydnocarpus oil.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Malpighiales

            • Family: Putranjivaceae

              • Genus: Drypetes