Casearia tomentosa

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Casearia

At a glance

Occurrence records104

Data sources9

Biological traits11

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections1

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Casearia tomentosa's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility104 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

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 & measurements3 literature sources11 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF104 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 42

01Narrative

Casearia tomentosa, the toothed leaf chilla, is a species of flowering plant in the family Salicaceae, native to the Indian Subcontinent and Myanmar. It is a small tree whose fruit is used as a fish poison.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology1

Plant height6 m

Life cycle & reproduction2

Life formshrub or tree

Life spanperennial

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment5

Aquaticterrestrial

Climateseasonally dry tropical

Climberself-supporting

Growth formtree

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry1

Wood density640 mg/cm³

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

05DNA & barcoding1 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 Casearia tomentosa has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections1

Countries1

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.

★rbcL

plant barcode

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Casearia tomentosa 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.

Chromosomes2n = 42 n = 21

Ploidypolyploid inferred

Chromosome records42–422n range42median42mode2records

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 422×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn75-78

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Krishnan, N. 1977. Cytotaxonomical studies on Bixaceae and Samydaceae from south India with collected evidences from palynology, anatomy and biochemistry. Ph.D. Thesis, Annamalai University. 156 pp.

CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 — Krishnan 1977

n 212×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn75-78

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Mehra, P. N. 1976. Cytology of Himalayan Hardwoods. Sree Saraswaty Press, Calcutta.

CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 — Mehra 1976

Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources

polyploid inferred1×PloiDB · family-scale

PloiDB · family-scale — chromEvol; reliability=1.000 ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type104 records

Wild obs. + sensor30

Museum / vouchered73

Other1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO180 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 accuracy91% within 1 km

≤100 m 19≤1 km 2≤10 km 1>10 km 1

23 georeferenced · 7 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor30

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 accuracy20% within 1 km

≤100 m 1≤1 km 7≤10 km 32

40 georeferenced · 33 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence73

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 institutions3 of 6 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
South Kensington, GB	41
Pondicherry, IN	7
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	5
Zürich, CH	1
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record	1
Gujarat Biodiversity Gene Banklocation not on record	1

6 institutions · 56 of 73 vouchered records shown · 17 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Casearia tomentosa 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 found1

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 1 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

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 median24.1 °C 24.1–24.1

Seasonal swing summer↔winter8.60 °C

Max temp (day)30.2 °C

Min temp (night)18.6 °C

Precipitation11.1 mm/mo

Air humidity46.5 %

Moisture balance-110 mm/mo

Vapour deficit1,596 Pa

Wind speed2.60 m/s

Cloud cover7.30 %

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · 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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