Entada phaseoloides commonly named the box bean or St. Thomas’ bean, first described by Linnaeus, with its current name described by Merrill. E. phaseoloides is a liana in the pea family: called gugo, balugo or tamayan in the Philippines and bàm bàm in Viet Nam. No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Entada phaseoloides across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
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 Entada phaseoloides has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens36
Marker genes5
GenBank sequences9
eDNA detections34
Countries3
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ 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.
★matK1★rbcL3★rbcLa★ITS5★ITS2
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB · GoaT
The complete instruction manualEntada phaseoloides 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≈456 000 000 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 Entada phaseoloides0.46 Gb
HUMAN3.2 Gb
WHEAT17 Gb
FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb
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 = 28 n = 14
Ploidypolyploid inferred
Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references
2n 281×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Yeh, M. S., H. YUASA & F. Maekawa. 1986. Chromosome numbers in the Leguminosae. Sci. Rep. Res. Inst. Evol. Biol. 3: 57–71.
Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources
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 type916 records
Wild obs. + sensor139
Museum / vouchered700
Other77
Origin
Native7
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO1 892 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 accuracy67% within 1 km
≤100 m 38≤1 km 21≤10 km 16>10 km 13
88 georeferenced · 51 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor139
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 accuracy36% within 1 km
≤100 m 21≤1 km 22≤10 km 67>10 km 11
121 georeferenced · 579 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence700
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 institutions38 of 58 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Nishihara, JP
61
Beijing, CN
50
Smithfield, AU
46
Guangzhou, CN
39
Brisbane, AU
35
Kew, GB
27
Canberra, AU
25
Guangzhou, CN
21
Taipei, TW
20
Yunnan Universitylocation not on record
19
Nishihara, JP
17
Guilin, CN
16
Bronx, US
15
Tsukuba, JP
12
Auckland, NZ
11
Xiamen, CN
10
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record
10
Nanjing, CN
10
St. Paul, US
9
Taipei, TW
9
Kunming, CN
9
Saint Louis, US
8
Paris, FR
7
Guangxi Institute of Traditional Medical and Pharmaceutical Scienceslocation not on record
6
Yangling, CN
5
Mount Annan, AU
5
Université de Strasbourglocation not on record
5
Honolulu, US
4
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
4
South Kensington, GB
4
Nanjing, CN
4
James Cook Townsvillelocation not on record
3
nlocation not on record
3
Herbarium of the Department of Botany, University of Tokyolocation not on record
3
Palmerston, AU
3
Fort Worth, US
3
Wlocation not on record
2
Sanda, JP
2
Changsha, CN
2
TAIElocation not on record
2
Bloomington, US
2
Cambridge, US
2
Chengdu, CN
2
Australian Tropical Herbariumlocation not on record
2
MeiseBGlocation not on record
2
Mexico City, MX
2
Sendai, JP
1
CASlocation not on record
1
Natural History Museum, Tribhuvan Universitylocation not on record
1
Austin, US
1
Servico de Microbiologia e Imunologialocation not on record
1
HAWlocation not on record
1
Durango, MX
1
FJFClocation not on record
1
Herbarium of South China Botanical Gardenlocation not on record
1
Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST)location not on record
1
Tampa, US
1
University of Hamburglocation not on record
1
58 institutions · 570 of 700 vouchered records shown · 128 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA34 detections
Where the DNA of Entada phaseoloides 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 found34
Studies independent surveys1
Countries3
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 34 detections have coordinates
Open the map3 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 median26.7 °C 22.2–27.0
Seasonal swing summer↔winter6.40 °C
Max temp (day)28.2 °C 26.3–28.8
Min temp (night)23.0 °C 17.3–25.6
Precipitation271 mm/mo 86.4–499
Air humidity65.0 % 52.0–71.3
Moisture balance252 mm/mo
Vapour deficit1,229 Pa 891–1,476
Wind speed4.00 m/s
Cloud cover52.1 % 30.8–54.6
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 5 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.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation7 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility916 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI34 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics36 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
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↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗