Drypetes deplanchei

Yellow tulip
	Drypetes deplanchei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Putranjivaceae
Genus:	Drypetes
Species:	D. deplanchei
Binomial name
	Drypetes deplanchei; (Brongn. & Gris) Merr.
Synonyms
	Hemecyclia australasica Mull.Arg. ; Drypetes australasica Mull.Arg. Pax. & K.Hoffm.;

Drypetes deplanchei is a tree of eastern and northern Australia. It also occurs in New Caledonia and Lord Howe Island. The genus is derived from the Greek, dryppa meaning "olive fruit". The species named after Dr. Emile Deplanche, who collected this plant at New Caledonia. Common names include yellow tulip, grey boxwood, white myrtle, grey bark and yellow tulipwood.

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