Avicennia alba

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Acanthaceae/Avicennia

At a glance

Occurrence records619

Data sources10

Biological traits15

DNA specimens22

eDNA detections10

Sources10 archives

Databases and archives Avicennia alba's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation6 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility613 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System6 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI10 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics22 specimens↗

dukesphytochemcompounds

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

On this page6 sections

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

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements2 literature sources15 traits

Chemical compositionDukesPhytochem · LOTUS15 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS619 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 2 countries10 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD22 specimens

01Narrative

Avicennia alba is a species of tropical mangrove in the family Acanthaceae. It is found growing in coastal and estuarine locations in India, Southeast Asia, Australia, and Oceania.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFT

Size & morphology2

Plant height15 m

Plant height max21 m

Life cycle & reproduction4

Deciduousnessevergreen

Life formtree

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment6

Aquaticsemiaquatic

Climatewet tropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formtree

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry2

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

03Chemical composition15 compounds

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

💊 Medicinal use documented

Compound class profile1 class

Naphthoquinones6

Documented compounds15 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Class	Amount	Source
BETULINIC-ACID		160 ppm	DukesPhytochem
BETULIN		120 ppm	DukesPhytochem

05DNA & barcoding22 specimens

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 Avicennia alba has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens22

Marker genes6

eDNA detections10

Countries3

Marker genes sequenced

★ 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.

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plant barcodefungal barcodemarker

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type619 records

Wild obs. + sensor470

Museum / vouchered138

Other11

Origin

Native1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO776 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 accuracy81% within 1 km

≤100 m 71≤1 km 31≤10 km 17>10 km 7

126 georeferenced · 344 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor470

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 accuracy72% within 1 km

≤1 km 23≤10 km 9

32 georeferenced · 106 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence138

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 institutions12 of 14 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Baroda, IN	20
Pondicherry, IN	20
Kew, GB	4
Brisbane, AU	4
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record	3
Birla Institute of Technology - Pilani, K.K.Birla Goa Campuslocation not on record	3
Smithfield, AU	3
Bronx, US	1
Tampa, US	1
Mount Annan, AU	1
Auckland, NZ	1
Burlington, US	1
Canberra, AU	1
Fort Worth, US	1

14 institutions · 64 of 138 vouchered records shown · 71 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA10 detections

Where the DNA of Avicennia alba 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 found10

Studies independent surveys1

Countries2

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 10 detections have coordinates

Open the map2 countries0

Coastal

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 median25.1 °C 25.1–27.4

Seasonal swing summer↔winter6.90 °C

Max temp (day)30.7 °C 30.5–32.3

Min temp (night)20.2 °C 19.3–23.5

Precipitation42.2 mm/mo 1.20–109

Air humidity53.8 % 52.0–58.1

Moisture balance-123 mm/mo -129–-17.8

Vapour deficit1,536 Pa 1,446–1,616

Wind speed2.30 m/s 1.80–3.60

Cloud cover17.9 % 8.30–27.2

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 6 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.

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