Water ironplum fruit in Krantzkloof Nature Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Eudicots
Clade:
Rosids
Order:
Malpighiales
Family:
Putranjivaceae
Genus:
Drypetes
Species:
D. arguta
Binomial name
Drypetes arguta
(Müll.Arg.) Hutch. (1920)[1]
Synonyms[1]
Cyclostemon argutusMüll.Arg. (1866)
Drypetes arguta, commonly known as the water ironplum,[2] is a species of small tree or large bush in the family Putranjivaceae. It is native to tropical East Africa. It was first described in 1920 by the English botanist John Hutchinson, who named it Cyclostemon argutus. It was later transferred to the genus Drypetes.[3]
^ abDrypetes arguta (Müll.Arg.) Hutch. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
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