Putranjivaceae

Child life tree

Putranjiva roxburghii Wall.

Family: Putranjivaceae
Genus: Putranjiva

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Child life tree (Putranjiva roxburghii) — FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (3)

Chinese: 假黄杨
English: Child life tree, Child's life tree, Children life tree, Children's life tree, Childrens life tree, Childrens' life tree, Childs life tree, Childs' life tree
Vietnamese: Sang trắng Roxburgh

Synonyms

Cyclostemon racemosus Zipp. ex Span.
Cyclostemon teysmannii var. timorensis (Blume) Müll.Arg.
Drypetes roxburghii (Wall.) Hurus.
Drypetes roxburghii var. timorensis (Blume) Airy Shaw
Drypetes timorensis (Blume) Pax & K.Hoffm.
Nageia putranjiva Roxb.
Nageia putranjiva Roxb. ex Lindl.
Putranjiva amblyocarpa Müll.Arg.
Putranjiva sphaerocarpa Müll.Arg.
Pycnosandra timorensis Blume

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Aadi Kulkarni, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Aadi Kulkarni, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Hatem Moushir, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: User:Amada44, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Myrmux, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Edurafi2, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.