Excoecaria agallocha
speciesAt a glance
Sources17 archives
Databases and archives Excoecaria agallocha's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation10 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility3 379 records↗
OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System12 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI13 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics25 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
Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗
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.
Growth habit of Excoecaria agallocha Excoecaria agallocha in flower Excoecaria agallocha, a mangrove species, belongs to the genus Excoecaria of the family Euphorbiaceae. The species has many common names, including blind-your-eye mangrove, blinding tree, buta buta tree, milky mangrove, poisonfish tree, and river poison tree. Most of the names refer to its toxic properties or its propensity to cause blindness when its latex comes into contact with the eyes. This plant grows in saline or brackish water in tropical mangrove forests, in a distribution bounded to the west by India, to the north by Bangladesh, to the south by Australia. Within Australia, it thrives from northern New South Wales along the northern coastline around to Western Australia.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology24
Life cycle & reproduction9
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment13
Physiology & chemistry6
Compounds documented for Excoecaria agallocha across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds198 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (+)-15-Beyeren-3-one | present | LOTUS | |
| (1R,2S,4bR,7S,8aS)-2-ethenyl-1,7-dihydroxy-2,4b,8,8-tetramethyl-1,3,5,6,7,8a,9,10-octahydrophenanthren-4-one | present | LOTUS | |
| (1R,2S,4S,5S,8S,9S)-4,8-dimethyl-4-(4-methylpent-3-enyl)tricyclo[6.3.1.02,5]dodecane-1,9-diol | present | LOTUS | |
| (1R,3aR,5aR,5bR,7aR,9R,11aR,11bR,13aR,13bS)-3a,5a,5b,8,8,11a-hexamethyl-1-prop-1-en-2-yl-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,7a,9,10,11,11b,12,13,13a,13b-hexadecahydrocyclopenta[a]chrysen-9-ol | present | LOTUS | |
| (1R,3aR,5aR,5bR,7S,7aR,9S,11aR,11bR,13aR,13bR)-3a,5a,5b,8,8,11a-hexamethyl-1-prop-1-en-2-yl-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,7a,9,10,11,11b,12,13,13a,13b-hexadecahydrocyclopenta[a]chrysene-7,9-diol | present | NPASS | |
| (1R,3R,4aS,6aS,10aR,10bR)-3-ethenyl-1-hydroxy-3,4a,7,7,10a-pentamethyl-1,2,5,6,6a,9,10,10b-octahydrobenzo[f]chromen-8-one | present | LOTUS | |
| (1R,3R,4aS,6aS,8R,10aR,10bR)-3-ethenyl-1,8-dihydroxy-3,4a,7,7,10a-pentamethyl-1,2,5,6,6a,8,10,10b-octahydrobenzo[f]chromen-9-one | present | LOTUS | |
| (1R,4S,10S,11R,13S,14S)-14-hydroxy-5,5,10,14-tetramethyl-6-oxatetracyclo[11.2.2.01,11.04,10]heptadecan-7-one | present | LOTUS | |
| (1R,4S,6R,9S,10S,13S)-5,5,9,13-tetramethyltetracyclo[11.2.1.01,10.04,9]hexadec-14-en-6-ol | present | LOTUS | |
| (1R,4S,6S,9S,10S,13S)-6-hydroxy-5,5,9,13-tetramethyltetracyclo[11.2.1.01,10.04,9]hexadec-14-en-7-one | 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 Excoecaria agallocha 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 Excoecaria agallocha 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
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).
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 1403×CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 · CCDB · book-indian_vol1 · CCDB · eflora
2n 1301×CCDB · book-indian_vol1
polyploid inferred1×PloiDB · family-scale
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.
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.
How it livedPBDB
Record type3 391 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 institutions44 of 64 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Brisbane, AU | 141 |
| Université de Strasbourglocation not on record | 95 |
| Smithfield, AU | 62 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 35 |
| Palmerston, AU | 35 |
| Mount Annan, AU | 35 |
| Nishihara, JP | 32 |
| Canberra, AU | 31 |
| Pondicherry, IN | 26 |
| Tsukuba, JP | 24 |
| Kew, GB | 19 |
| Guangzhou, CN | 17 |
| TAIElocation not on record | 15 |
| Bronx, US | 15 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 14 |
| Honolulu, US | 13 |
| Odawara, JP | 13 |
| Beijing, CN | 13 |
| Paris, FR | 13 |
| Kagoshima, JP | 12 |
| BISHlocation not on record | 10 |
| Armidale, AU | 9 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 8 |
| Taipei, TW | 7 |
| Guilin, CN | 6 |
| James Cook Townsvillelocation not on record | 6 |
| Taipei, TW | 6 |
| Adelaide, AU | 6 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 5 |
| Wellington, NZ | 5 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 5 |
| Kensington, AU | 4 |
| Fort Worth, US | 4 |
| Nagano City, JP | 3 |
| Wlocation not on record | 3 |
| Nagasaki University - Fisherieslocation not on record | 3 |
| Saint Louis, US | 3 |
| Nishihara, JP | 3 |
| John T. Waterhouse Herbariumlocation not on record | 3 |
| Xiamen, CN | 3 |
| Birla Institute of Technology - Pilani, K.K.Birla Goa Campuslocation not on record | 3 |
| Auckland, NZ | 3 |
| Philadelphia, US | 2 |
| Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record | 2 |
| Nanjing, CN | 2 |
| TNMlocation not on record | 2 |
| Chengdu, CN | 2 |
| Zürich, CH | 2 |
| Burlington, US | 2 |
| Dehra Dun, IN | 1 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 1 |
| Gujarat Biodiversity Gene Banklocation not on record | 1 |
| Uppsala, SE | 1 |
| Taipei, TW | 1 |
| Monastir, TN | 1 |
| COI, Llocation not on record | 1 |
| Chiba, JP | 1 |
| Kunming, CN | 1 |
| Hobart, AU | 1 |
| Göteborg, SE | 1 |
| Herbarium of South China Botanical Gardenlocation not on record | 1 |
| Claremont, US | 1 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Fujian Institute of Subtropical Botanylocation 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 Excoecaria agallocha 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.