Feijoa sellowiana
(O.Berg) O.Berg · speciesAt a glance
Sources12 archives
Databases and archives Feijoa sellowiana's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation16 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 440 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI10 eDNA detections↗
dukesphytochemcompounds
FooDBThe Metabolomics Innovation Centrecompounds↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Feijoa sellowiana is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. It is native to the highlands of southern Brazil, eastern Paraguay, Uruguay, northern Argentina, and Colombia. It is widely cultivated as an ornamental tree and for its fruit. Common names include feijoa (,Brazilian Portuguese preferred pronunciation — http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/feijoa feijoa. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000 ,Spanish preferred pronunciation — Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607 or ), pineapple guava and guavasteen, although it is not a true guava. It is an evergreen shrub or small tree, 1 - in height.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology7
Life cycle & reproduction7
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment10
Physiology & chemistry4
Other traits1
Compounds documented for Feijoa sellowiana across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds5 760 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| WATER | 840,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 625,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| SUGAR | 375,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| PROTEIN | 56,250 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| ASH | 31,250 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| Sucrose | 21,750 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| FAT | 12,500 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| POTASSIUM | 10,375 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| Sugars | 8,200 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| D-Fructose | 2,950 mg/100g | FooDB |
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 Feijoa sellowiana has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
The complete instruction manual Feijoa sellowiana 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 225×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · book-indian_vol1 · CCDB · book-fedorov +2
n 111×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
diploid1×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
diploid 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 type1 440 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 institutions37 of 67 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Blumenau, BR | 82 |
| UFSClocation not on record | 16 |
| AZE009location not on record | 11 |
| UTFPR-CPlocation not on record | 8 |
| College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record | 8 |
| Universidad Católica de Oriente (UCO)location not on record | 6 |
| UNIVILLElocation not on record | 5 |
| Brasília, BR | 5 |
| Cenargenlocation not on record | 5 |
| MAlocation not on record | 5 |
| Campo Mourão, BR | 5 |
| Tampa, US | 4 |
| Barcelona, ES | 4 |
| Universidade Federal de Santa Catarinalocation not on record | 4 |
| Long Beach, US | 4 |
| Durango, MX | 4 |
| AZE015location not on record | 4 |
| Universidade da Região de Joinville - Univillelocation not on record | 3 |
| Londrina, BR | 3 |
| Mexico City, MX | 3 |
| Henry Brockhouse Collectionlocation not on record | 3 |
| Universidad de La Salle (La Salle)location not on record | 3 |
| BAYLUlocation not on record | 2 |
| Guatemala City, GT | 2 |
| UFPRlocation not on record | 2 |
| Phoenix, US | 2 |
| Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record | 2 |
| Cruz das Almas, BR | 2 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 2 |
| Pelotas, BR | 2 |
| Riverside, US | 2 |
| UDESC-CAVlocation not on record | 2 |
| Burlington, US | 1 |
| PUC-RSlocation not on record | 1 |
| Valdosta State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Odawara, JP | 1 |
| València, ES | 1 |
| UNICAMPlocation not on record | 1 |
| Bangkok, TH | 1 |
| Cascavel, BR | 1 |
| Saint Louis, US | 1 |
| IAPlocation not on record | 1 |
| Columbia, US | 1 |
| Nishihara, JP | 1 |
| Turlock, US | 1 |
| UFSMlocation not on record | 1 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 1 |
| KURAlocation not on record | 1 |
| US | 1 |
| Rotorua, NZ | 1 |
| Lake Charles, US | 1 |
| Mexico City, MX | 1 |
| San Diego, US | 1 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 1 |
| Knoxville, US | 1 |
| Chiba, JP | 1 |
| Foz do Iguaçu, BR | 1 |
| Criciúma, BR | 1 |
| San Luis Obispo, US | 1 |
| Clemson, US | 1 |
| Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paranálocation not on record | 1 |
| BClocation not on record | 1 |
| Claremont, US | 1 |
| James F. Matthews Center for Biodiversity Studieslocation not on record | 1 |
| TAFORI-LSRClocation not on record | 1 |
| Baroda, IN | 1 |
| UNESClocation 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 Feijoa sellowiana 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.