Cassia grandis
L.f. · speciesAt a glance
Sources15 archives
Databases and archives Cassia grandis's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation6 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 106 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI8 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics14 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
dukesphytochemcompounds
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↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Cassia grandis, one of several species called pink shower tree, and known as carao in Spanish, is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to the neotropics, that grows up to 30 m. The species is distributed from southern México, to Venezuela and Ecuador. It grows in forests and open fields at lower elevations, and is known to be planted as an ornamental. In at least Costa Rica, its pods are stewed into a molasses-like syrup, taken as a sweetener and for its nutritional and medicinal effects, called Jarabe (or Miel) de Carao.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology8
Life cycle & reproduction6
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment12
Physiology & chemistry3
Compounds documented for Cassia grandis across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds17 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2,4,6-Trimethoxybenzaldehyde | present | LOTUS | |
| 3,4,5-Trimethoxybenzaldehyde | present | LOTUS | |
| 3-(7-Methoxybenzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-yl)acrylaldehyde | present | LOTUS | |
| 3-Methoxy-4,5-methylenedioxycinnamaldehyde | present | LOTUS | |
| 6-Methoxy-7-(3-methylbut-2-enoxy)chromen-2-one | present | NPASS | |
| Aloe emodin | present | LOTUS | |
| ALOE-EMODIN | present | DukesPhytochem | |
| beta-Sitosterol | present | LOTUS | |
| Catechin | present | LOTUS | |
| Centaureidin | present | LOTUS |
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 Cassia grandis has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ 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.
The complete instruction manual Cassia grandis 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.
2n 282×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants
n 142×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
Record type2 106 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
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.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions56 of 134 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Bronx, US | 158 |
| Saint Louis, US | 156 |
| National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record | 53 |
| Durango, MX | 43 |
| Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR)location not on record | 35 |
| Chicago, US | 31 |
| Kew, GB | 30 |
| León, NI | 21 |
| Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record | 21 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 19 |
| Mexico City, MX | 18 |
| Masindi, UG | 16 |
| Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record | 15 |
| Mérida, MX | 14 |
| Chaguaramas, TT | 12 |
| San José, CR | 11 |
| Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV | 11 |
| UFMSlocation not on record | 9 |
| Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record | 9 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 8 |
| Salvador, BR | 8 |
| Puerto Ayora, EC | 8 |
| Guatemala, GT | 7 |
| Departamento de Sistematica e Ecologialocation not on record | 6 |
| Paris, FR | 6 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 6 |
| Berlin, DE | 6 |
| Centro de Pesquisas Agropecuarias do Tropico Umidolocation not on record | 6 |
| Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record | 5 |
| Jardín Botánico de Cartagena "Guillermo Piñeres" (JBC)location not on record | 5 |
| Empresas Públicas de Medellín E.S.P. (EPM)location not on record | 5 |
| Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabascolocation not on record | 5 |
| Mérida, MX | 5 |
| Instituto para la Investigación y la Preservación del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural del Valle del Cauca - INCIVAlocation not on record | 5 |
| Riverside, US | 5 |
| CEPLAClocation not on record | 5 |
| Brasília, BR | 5 |
| UFRRJlocation not on record | 5 |
| UFBAlocation not on record | 5 |
| Ivano-Frankivsk, UA | 4 |
| Smithfield, AU | 4 |
| Area de Conservacion Guanacastelocation not on record | 4 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 4 |
| Universidad Tecnológica del Chocó (UTCH)location not on record | 4 |
| Giardini Botanici Hanburylocation not on record | 3 |
| CASlocation not on record | 3 |
| Stockholm, SE | 3 |
| USP-IBlocation not on record | 3 |
| Canberra, AU | 3 |
| Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS)location not on record | 3 |
| Universidad del Valle (UniValle)location not on record | 3 |
| South Kensington, GB | 3 |
| Ural Federal University "B. N. Yeltsin"location not on record | 3 |
| Feira de Santana, BR | 3 |
| Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS)location not on record | 3 |
| Guatemala City, GT | 3 |
| Tapachula, MX | 3 |
| JBRJlocation not on record | 3 |
| Mexico City, MX | 3 |
| Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas - SINCHIlocation not on record | 3 |
| UNEMATlocation not on record | 3 |
| Miami, US | 3 |
| Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX | 3 |
| UNESP-FCAlocation not on record | 3 |
| Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)location not on record | 3 |
| St. Augustine, TT | 3 |
| Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX | 3 |
| UNICAPlocation not on record | 2 |
| MEXUlocation not on record | 2 |
| Mexico City, MX | 2 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 2 |
| UFRPElocation not on record | 2 |
| Corporación Autónoma Regional Para la Defensa de la Meseta de Bucaramanga (CDMB)location not on record | 2 |
| Cenargenlocation not on record | 2 |
| HUAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Brasília, BR | 2 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 2 |
| Richmond, US | 2 |
| LDlocation not on record | 2 |
| Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campus do Pantanallocation not on record | 2 |
| UNICAMPlocation not on record | 2 |
| Porto Alegre, BR | 2 |
| UFPElocation not on record | 2 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 2 |
| Beijing, CN | 2 |
| Austin, US | 2 |
| Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO | 2 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 2 |
| Tampa, US | 1 |
| TAIElocation not on record | 1 |
| UNESP-RClocation not on record | 1 |
| UFVJMlocation not on record | 1 |
| MAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Instituto de invertigación de recursos biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record | 1 |
| Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Academia Sinicalocation not on record | 1 |
| UnBlocation not on record | 1 |
| Montpellier, FR | 1 |
| Durham, US | 1 |
| Dirección Nacional Forestal, Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganaderíalocation not on record | 1 |
| Zlocation not on record | 1 |
| HUENFlocation not on record | 1 |
| Vancouver, CA | 1 |
| Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Nortelocation not on record | 1 |
| MEDELlocation not on record | 1 |
| New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Sciencelocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidade Federal de Goiáslocation not on record | 1 |
| Flagstaff, US | 1 |
| FUNEDlocation not on record | 1 |
| INMAlocation not on record | 1 |
| UTPLlocation not on record | 1 |
| Austin, US | 1 |
| Paleontological Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| San Francisco, US | 1 |
| Cuiabá, BR | 1 |
| Universidade Federal do Espírito Santolocation not on record | 1 |
| Santa Teresa, BR | 1 |
| UERJlocation not on record | 1 |
| Xiamen, CN | 1 |
| Universidad de los Llanos (UniLlanos)location not on record | 1 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 1 |
| Montecillo, Texcoco, MX | 1 |
| Herbario de la Universidad Técnica del Nortelocation not on record | 1 |
| Instituto para la Investigación y la Preservación del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural del Valle del Cauca - INCIVAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad de Córdoba (UniCórdoba)location not on record | 1 |
| Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record | 1 |
| Madison, US | 1 |
| Chinese Academy of Forestrylocation not on record | 1 |
| Philadelphia, US | 1 |
| IAvHlocation not on record | 1 |
| OTSlocation not on record | 1 |
| Altos de Pipe, VE | 1 |
| Fredericksburg, US | 1 |
| Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldilocation not on record | 1 |
| Gujarat Biodiversity Gene Banklocation not on record | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Cassia grandis 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
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
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.