Coccinia grandis
(L.) Voigt · speciesAt a glance
Sources17 archives
Databases and archives Coccinia grandis's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation17 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility10 401 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI28 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics31 specimens↗
dukesphytochemcompounds
foodatlascompounds
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↗
giftgenome & karyotype
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
Tree of SexTree of Sex Consortiumgenome & karyotype↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Coccinia grandis, the ivy gourd, also known as scarlet gourd, tindora and kowai fruit,Michel H. Porcher (2006). Sorting Coccinia names is a tropical vine. It grows primarily in tropical climates and is commonly found in the Indian states, where it forms a part of the local cuisine. Coccinia grandis is cooked as a vegetable. In Southeast Asia, it is grown for its edible young shoots and edible fruits.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology20
Life cycle & reproduction10
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment15
Physiology & chemistry2
Compounds documented for Coccinia 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 compounds58 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| WATER | 931,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 507,245 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| FIBER | 231,885 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| PROTEIN | 173,915 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| ASH | 72,465 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| FAT | 14,490 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| CALCIUM | 5,600 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4,350 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 4,058 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 226 ppm | DukesPhytochem |
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 Coccinia 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 Coccinia 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 2415×GoaT · Tree of Sex Database · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-indian_vol1 +4
n 125×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · TreeOfSex · plant
polyploid inferred1×PloiDB · family-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 type10 401 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.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions50 of 100 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Kew, GB | 68 |
| Saint Louis, US | 34 |
| Brisbane, AU | 26 |
| Guangzhou, CN | 22 |
| Canberra, AU | 22 |
| Beijing, CN | 21 |
| Palmerston, AU | 19 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 16 |
| WAGlocation not on record | 16 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 14 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 14 |
| Honolulu, US | 12 |
| TAIElocation not on record | 12 |
| Haramaya Universitylocation not on record | 11 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 11 |
| South Kensington, GB | 11 |
| BISHlocation not on record | 10 |
| Embrapa Agrobiology Diazothrophic Microbial Culture Collectionlocation not on record | 10 |
| Berlin, DE | 10 |
| Guilin, CN | 9 |
| Yaoundé, CM | 9 |
| Stockholm, SE | 9 |
| Smithfield, AU | 8 |
| Addis Ababa, ET | 7 |
| Xiamen, CN | 7 |
| Forest Herbarium Ibadan (FHI)location not on record | 7 |
| National Museum of Natural Sciencelocation not on record | 7 |
| Kunming, CN | 7 |
| Chicago, US | 7 |
| Arusha, TZ | 6 |
| Clocation not on record | 5 |
| Tampa, US | 5 |
| Wlocation not on record | 5 |
| Stadt Seeland, Ortsteil Gatersleben, DE | 5 |
| National Museums of Kenyalocation not on record | 5 |
| Auckland, NZ | 4 |
| Kensington, AU | 4 |
| Philadelphia, US | 4 |
| Dehra Dun, IN | 4 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 4 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 4 |
| Uppsala, SE | 4 |
| Miami, US | 4 |
| Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique / Institut de l'environnement et de recherches agricoleslocation not on record | 3 |
| DSMlocation not on record | 3 |
| Mlocation not on record | 3 |
| Davis, US | 3 |
| Gujarat Biodiversity Gene Banklocation not on record | 3 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| Guangzhou, CN | 3 |
| Paris, FR | 3 |
| Bronx, US | 3 |
| Pondicherry, IN | 2 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| CASlocation not on record | 2 |
| Salvador, BR | 2 |
| Monastir, TN | 2 |
| James Cook Townsvillelocation not on record | 2 |
| Cambridge, US | 2 |
| HNBlocation not on record | 2 |
| Foz do Iguaçu, BR | 2 |
| Chengdu, CN | 2 |
| National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record | 2 |
| UFBAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Agricultural Research Centerlocation not on record | 2 |
| Taipei, TW | 2 |
| EAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Taipei, TW | 1 |
| UTFPR-CPlocation not on record | 1 |
| HAWlocation not on record | 1 |
| JBRJlocation not on record | 1 |
| Eduardo Mondlane Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Servico de Microbiologia e Imunologialocation not on record | 1 |
| Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST)location not on record | 1 |
| Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropicallocation not on record | 1 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 1 |
| GAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Riverside, US | 1 |
| Adelaide, AU | 1 |
| LDlocation not on record | 1 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Mount Annan, AU | 1 |
| Kathmandu, NP | 1 |
| Tamil Nadu Agricultural Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Maringá, BR | 1 |
| Fort Worth, US | 1 |
| EFGlocation not on record | 1 |
| CNF-UFHBlocation not on record | 1 |
| Yangling, CN | 1 |
| MAlocation not on record | 1 |
| LSFlocation not on record | 1 |
| St. Augustine, TT | 1 |
| Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| W.J.J.O. de Wilde & Duyfjeslocation not on record | 1 |
| Jishou Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Campo Mourão, BR | 1 |
| UNESP-RClocation not on record | 1 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 1 |
| BAYLUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Glocation not on record | 1 |
Where the DNA of Coccinia 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.