Drypetes oblongifolia (original) (raw)

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Species of flowering plant

Drypetes oblongifolia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Putranjivaceae
Genus: Drypetes
Species: D. oblongifolia
Binomial name
Drypetes oblongifoliaBedd.

Drypetes oblongifolia is a plant species of the genus Drypetes and the family Putranjivaceae.

It is found in the shola forest of Kerala, a state in India.

It is a host for larvae of the butterfly species Appias albina and Appias india.[1]

  1. ^ Kunte, Krushnamegh; Madhav Gadgil (2000). Butterflies of Peninsular India. Universities Press. p. 221. ISBN 978-81-7371-354-5.