Antidesma venosum, commonly known as the tassel-berry, is a species of small dioecious tree in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is native to Africa, China and Indochina. Numerous small, sessile flowers are produced on drooping catkin-like spikes, which are about 10 cm long. The flowers produce an unpleasant smell, and the tree is in fruit for more than a month during late summer. Each small, oval-shaped fruit measures about 8 x 4 mm in size. They are initially fleshy green, and change to bright red and eventually purplish black as they ripen. The fruit are utilized by many species of animal and bird.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Antidesma venosum across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Antidesma venosum has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens13
Marker genes5
GenBank sequences9
eDNA detections9
Countries4
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★matK3★rbcL4★rbcLa★trnL-F★ITS2
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualAntidesma venosum carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy95% within 1 km
≤100 m 366≤1 km 87≤10 km 21>10 km 4
478 georeferenced · 887 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor1 365
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 accuracy48% within 1 km
≤100 m 1≤1 km 15≤10 km 7>10 km 10
33 georeferenced · 1 927 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 960
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km
≤10 km 2
2 georeferenced
Open the mapnot free-living2
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 institutions26 of 79 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Pretoria, ZA
302
Saint Louis, US
189
Durban, ZA
82
National Herbarium & Botanic Gardens of Malawilocation not on record
78
Kew, GB
78
MeiseBGlocation not on record
73
Kunming, CN
62
Beijing, CN
59
HNBlocation not on record
56
WAGlocation not on record
49
Yaoundé, CM
48
LBVlocation not on record
40
TAFORI-LSRClocation not on record
35
Embrapa Agrobiology Diazothrophic Microbial Culture Collectionlocation not on record
30
Herbier National du Gabonlocation not on record
27
Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropicallocation not on record
25
Guangzhou, CN
25
LSF/FSA/UAClocation not on record
24
Guilin, CN
19
Guiyang, CN
18
Plocation not on record
18
Fort Worth, US
18
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
15
Université du Lomélocation not on record
15
BRLUlocation not on record
15
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Academia Sinicalocation not on record
13
EFGlocation not on record
12
Guangxi Institute of Traditional Medical and Pharmaceutical Scienceslocation not on record
11
Université National du Béninlocation not on record
10
Frankfurt am Main
9
CJBGlocation not on record
9
Bronx, US
9
MAlocation not on record
9
CNF-UFHBlocation not on record
9
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique / Institut de l'environnement et de recherches agricoleslocation not on record
8
Stockholm, SE
8
Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoirelocation not on record
8
Glocation not on record
6
Dresden, DE
6
LSFlocation not on record
5
Leiden University Medical Centerlocation not on record
5
Mlocation not on record
5
Paris, FR
5
Arusha, TZ
5
Madison, US
4
Coimbra, PT
4
University of Johannesburglocation not on record
4
Elocation not on record
4
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
3
Berlin, DE
3
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
3
Uppsala, SE
3
Claremont, US
3
Forest Herbarium Ibadan (FHI)location not on record
3
IPHAMETRAlocation not on record
3
Yangling, CN
3
Eduardo Mondlane Universitylocation not on record
3
Edinburgh, GB
2
Chengdu, CN
2
National Institute of Hygienic Scienceslocation not on record
2
University of Johannesburg, Department of Botany and Plant Biotechnologylocation not on record
2
Guangxi Agricultural Universitylocation not on record
2
Wlocation not on record
2
Edward O. Wilson Biodiversity Laboratory, Gorongosa NPlocation not on record
2
MSB-3054location not on record
2
Institut de Recherche Agronomique de Guinée (IRAG)location not on record
2
Davis, US
2
Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record
1
Central China Normal Universitylocation not on record
1
Université Nangui Abrogoualocation not on record
1
University of Oxfordlocation not on record
1
Herbarium of South China Botanical Gardenlocation not on record
1
UJlocation not on record
1
Clocation not on record
1
Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung: Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseumlocation not on record
1
National Natural History Collectionslocation not on record
1
Université de Kisanganilocation not on record
1
l'Ecole de Faune de Garoualocation not on record
1
UJLOGlocation not on record
1
79 institutions · 1 627 of 1 960 vouchered records shown · 333 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA9 detections
Where the DNA of Antidesma venosum was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found9
Studies independent surveys1
Countries4
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 9 detections have coordinates
Open the map4 countries0
Moist palm forest
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median24.7 °C 19.9–26.7
Seasonal swing summer↔winter8.10 °C
Max temp (day)29.9 °C 25.4–31.5
Min temp (night)19.1 °C 14.8–22.2
Precipitation80.8 mm/mo 19.3–166
Air humidity58.2 % 52.6–63.6
Moisture balance-65.3 mm/mo -125–44.2
Vapour deficit1,239 Pa 985–1,565
Wind speed2.80 m/s 1.80–3.40
Cloud cover36.7 % 15.2–53.2
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 8 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility3 338 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI9 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics13 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗