Cinnamomum aromaticum

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Laurales/Lauraceae/Cinnamomum

At a glance

Occurrence records74

Data sources7

Biological traits8

DNA specimens23

eDNA detections23

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Cinnamomum aromaticum's data was compiled from.

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility74 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI23 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics23 specimens↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

phenolexplorercompounds

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

On this page6 sections

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

Traits & measurements2 literature sources8 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS · PhenolExplorer67 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF74 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 2 countries23 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD23 specimens

Genome at a glanceGoaT≈863 Mbp

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFT

Life cycle & reproduction3

Life formtree

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Habitat & environment5

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formtree

Woodinesswoody

03Chemical composition67 compounds

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

🍽 Used in cooking

Compound class profile5 classes

Flavan-3-ols11

Proanthocyanins10

Cadinane sesquiterpenoids5

Germacrane sesquiterpenoids2

Menthane monoterpenoids $ Monocyclic monoterpenoids2

Documented compounds67 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Class	Amount	Source
COUMARIN		27.86 mg/100 g fresh weight	PhenolExplorer
cinnamic acid		20.1 mg/100 g fresh weight	PhenolExplorer

05DNA & barcoding23 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 Cinnamomum aromaticum has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens23

Marker genes4

eDNA detections23

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 barcode

06Genome at a glanceGoaT

The complete instruction manual Cinnamomum aromaticum 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.

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Genome size≈863 385 874 bp assembly estimate

Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).

BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb

FUNGUS0.04 Gb

INSECT0.25 Gb

THIS GENOME Cinnamomum aromaticum0.86 Gb

HUMAN3.2 Gb

WHEAT17 Gb

FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb

Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers

Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.

Assembly levelScaffold

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type74 records

Wild obs. + sensor1

Museum / vouchered71

Other2

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO164 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 accuracy100% within 1 km

≤1 km 1

1 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor1

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 accuracy100% within 1 km

≤1 km 1

1 georeferenced · 70 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence71

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 institutions2 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
Paris, FR	52
SCAUlocation not on record	1
South Kensington, GB	1

3 institutions · 54 of 71 vouchered records shown · 10 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA23 detections

Where the DNA of Cinnamomum aromaticum 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 found23

Studies independent surveys1

Countries2

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 23 detections have coordinates

Open the map2 countries0

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 25.1–28.1

Seasonal swing summer↔winter16.5 °C

Max temp (day)30.5 °C 30.5–31.9

Min temp (night)19.3 °C 19.3–23.6

Precipitation109 mm/mo 109–137

Air humidity52.0 % 52.0–59.8

Moisture balance-17.8 mm/mo -17.8–-8.90

Vapour deficit1,616 Pa 1,523–1,616

Wind speed1.80 m/s 1.80–2.20

Cloud cover25.2 % 25.2–38.6

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 7 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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