Flacourtia rukam is a species of flowering plant in the willow family, Salicaceae. It is native to Island Southeast Asia and Melanesia, but has spread into Mainland Southeast Asia, India, and Polynesia.Flacourtia rukam. Flora of China. It is also cultivated for its edible fruit. Common names include rukam, governor's plum, Indian plum, and Indian prune.Lim, T. K. (2013). Flacourtia rukam. Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants Volume 5. Springer. pp 776-79.Flacourtia rukam. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER). This species is a tree growing 5 to 15 meters tall. The trunk is lined with thorns up to 10 centimeters long; some cultivated varieties lack thorns. New leaves are red to brown in color. Mature leaves are somewhat oval in shape with toothed edges and up to 16 centimeters long by 7 wide. Racemes of yellow-green male and female flowers occur in the leaf axils. The rounded fruit is about 2 centimeters long and is green, red, or purple in color.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
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 Flacourtia rukam has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens6
Marker genes4
GenBank sequences9
eDNA detections4
Countries4
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.
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plant barcodefungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type626 records
Wild obs. + sensor51
Museum / vouchered571
Other4
Origin
Native2
Introduced3
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO1 520 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 accuracy23% within 1 km
≤100 m 6≤1 km 1≤10 km 1>10 km 22
30 georeferenced · 21 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor51
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 accuracy50% within 1 km
≤100 m 5≤1 km 10≤10 km 13>10 km 2
30 georeferenced · 541 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence571
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 institutions35 of 53 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
34
Guilin, CN
20
Guangzhou, CN
20
Taipei, TW
16
Beijing, CN
11
Bronx, US
11
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
9
Canberra, AU
8
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record
8
Université de Strasbourglocation not on record
7
Xiamen, CN
6
Honolulu, US
6
Kunming, CN
4
Auckland, NZ
3
TNMlocation not on record
3
Fort Worth, US
3
Smithfield, AU
3
Brisbane, AU
3
BISHlocation not on record
3
Changsha, CN
2
Tampa, US
2
TAFORI-LSRClocation not on record
2
Guangzhou, CN
2
South Kensington, GB
2
Taipei, TW
2
Christchurch, NZ
2
Guangxi Institute of Traditional Medical and Pharmaceutical Scienceslocation not on record
2
Chengdu, CN
2
Uppsala, SE
2
Herbarium of South China Botanical Gardenlocation not on record
1
Central China Normal Universitylocation not on record
1
Austin, US
1
Cibinong Science Center, Herbarium Bogorienselocation not on record
1
Yangling, CN
1
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
1
Phoenix, US
1
LDlocation not on record
1
Wuhan, CN
1
Hangzhou, CN
1
中国林业科学研究院热带林业科学研究所植物标本室location not on record
1
Ann Arbor, US
1
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
1
Palmerston, AU
1
Gump Stationlocation not on record
1
Cincinnati, US
1
Davis, US
1
TAIElocation not on record
1
St. Paul, US
1
Edinburgh, GB
1
MeiseBGlocation not on record
1
Paris, FR
1
Guangxi Agricultural Universitylocation not on record
1
Wuhan, CN
1
53 institutions · 222 of 571 vouchered records shown · 348 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA4 detections
Where the DNA of Flacourtia rukam 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 found4
Studies independent surveys1
Countries3
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 4 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 median22.8 °C 18.5–25.7
Seasonal swing summer↔winter1.80 °C
Max temp (day)25.4 °C 22.3–27.1
Min temp (night)20.7 °C 13.9–24.4
Precipitation341 mm/mo 211–407
Air humidity66.2 % 65.8–72.6
Moisture balance252 mm/mo
Vapour deficit715 Pa 685–1,072
Wind speed2.10 m/s
Cloud cover49.9 % 44.9–64.0
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 3 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.
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