Plukenetia is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae.Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 1192Tropicos It is widespread in tropical regions of Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and the Americas.Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.Gillespie, L.J. (2007). A revision of Paleotropical Plukenetia (Euphorbiaceae) including two new species from Madagascar. Systematic Botany 32: 780-802.
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formerly included moved to other genera (Hamilcoa, Romanoa)
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