Cochlospermum religiosum

(L.) Alston · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Cochlospermaceae/Cochlospermum

At a glance

Occurrence records237

Data sources9

Biological traits19

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections1

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Cochlospermum religiosum's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation5 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility237 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 sources19 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF237 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 14

01Narrative

Cochlospermum religiosum is a flowering plant from the tropical region of Southeast Asia and the Indian Subcontinent. It is a small tree growing to a height of 7.5 m usually found in dry deciduous forests. The name religiosum derives from the fact that the flowers are used as temple offerings. It is also known as silk-cotton tree because the capsules containing the seeds have a fluffy cotton-like substance similar to kapok.USDA Cochlospermum religiosum (L.) Alston Another common name is buttercup tree because its yellow and bright flowers look like large-sized buttercups.Flowers of India - Buttercup tree In Theravada Buddhism, this plant is said to have used as the tree for achieved enlightenment, or Bodhi by nineteenth Buddha called "Siddhaththa - සිද්ධත්ථ". The plant is known as කිණිහිරියා (Kinihiriyaa) in Sinhala, and කණිකාර (Kanikaara) in Sanskrit..

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology4

Plant height7.5 m

Seed mass100 mg

Seed mass max177 mg

Seed mass min74.6 mg

Life cycle & reproduction4

Deciduousnessdeciduous

Life formtree

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment6

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatewet tropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formtree

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry3

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Wood density252 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 Cochlospermum religiosum 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 Cochlospermum religiosum 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 = 14 n = 7

Ploidydiploid inferred

Chromosome records12–142n range14median14mode3records

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

2n 142×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

2n 121×CCDB · book-indian_vol1

CCDB · book-indian_vol1 — Gill, B.S., Bir, S.S. & Singhal, V.K. 1979a

n 62×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Gill, B. S., S. S. Bir & V. K. Singhal. 1979. In IOPB chromosome number reports LXIV. Taxon 28:403.

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Gill, B. S., V. K. Singhal, Y. S. Bedi & S. S. Bir. 1990. Cytological evolution in the woody taxa of Pachmarhi Hills. J. Cytol. Genet. 25: 308–320.

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

diploid inferred1×PloiDB · family-scale

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

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type237 records

Wild obs. + sensor216

Museum / vouchered21

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO580 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 32≤1 km 36≤10 km 12>10 km 4

84 georeferenced · 132 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor216

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 4

4 georeferenced · 17 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence21

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 institutions4 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
Pondicherry, IN	6
Baroda, IN	4
TAIElocation not on record	3
Paris, FR	2
Gujarat Biodiversity Gene Banklocation not on record	1
Dehra Dun, IN	1

6 institutions · 17 of 21 vouchered records shown · 4 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Cochlospermum religiosum 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↔winter12.7 °C

Max temp (day)27.9 °C

Min temp (night)20.2 °C

Precipitation155 mm/mo

Air humidity67.1 %

Moisture balance6.30 mm/mo

Vapour deficit987 Pa

Wind speed6.00 m/s

Cloud cover7.20 %

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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