Actinodaphne speciosa — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Laurales/Lauraceae/Actinodaphne

At a glance

Occurrence records20

Data sources5

Biological traits10

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

Databases and archives Actinodaphne speciosa's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility20 records↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources10 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS2 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF20 records

01Narrative

Actinodaphne speciosa, known as elephant ears, is a species of plant in the family Lauraceae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Life cycle & reproduction2

Life formtree

Life spanperennial

Habitat & environment3

Climatewet tropical

Growth formtree

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry4

Leaf C:N ratio39 g/g

Leaf c544 mg/g

Leaf n13 mg/g

Leaf p0.6 mg/g

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

03Chemical composition2 compounds

Compounds documented for Actinodaphne speciosa across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

Compound class profile1 class

Aporphine alkaloids $ Isoquinoline alkaloids2

Documented compounds2 total

Compound	Class	Amount	Source
Laurotetanine		present	LOTUS
N-Methyllaurotetanine		present	LOTUS

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type20 records

Wild obs. + sensor17

Museum / vouchered3

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO44 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy93% within 1 km

≤100 m 6≤1 km 7≤10 km 1

14 georeferenced · 3 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor17

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 3 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence3

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions1 of 3 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculturelocation not on record	1
Saint Louis, US	1
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record	1

3 institutions · 3 of 3 vouchered records shown