Garcinia subelliptica

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Clusiaceae/Garcinia

At a glance

Occurrence records380

Data sources9

Biological traits20

DNA specimens6

eDNA detections6

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Garcinia subelliptica's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation5 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility380 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI6 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics6 specimens↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page6 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources20 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS · NPASS135 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF380 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries6 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD6 specimens

01Narrative

Garcinia subelliptica, commonly known as the happiness or Fukugi tree, is an evergreen tree found in coastal forests of East and Southeast Asia, specifically the Ryukyu Islands of Japan, Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and India. Trees are 6–20 meters high with ovate-oblong or elliptical thick leathery leaves. Fruits are smooth and yellow with 1-4 seeds. The tree is widely planted in the Ryukyu Islands as a windbreak and ornamental, and the bark is a traditional dye. It is the floral emblem for the towns of Motobu and Tarama.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology10

Leaf length105 mm

Leaf length max140 mm

Leaf length min70 mm

Leaf width45 mm

Leaf width max60 mm

Leaf width min30 mm

Plant height20 m

Seed volume2 000 mm³

Seed volume max2 000 mm³

Seed volume min2 000 mm³

Life cycle & reproduction3

Deciduousnessevergreen

Life formshrub or tree

Life spanperennial

Habitat & environment6

Climatewet tropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessfleshy

Growth formtree

Woodinesswoody

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

03Chemical composition135 compounds

Compounds documented for Garcinia subelliptica across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

Compound class profile5 classes

Polyprenylated cyclic polyketides (Hop meroterpenoids)75

Plant xanthones37

Arylnaphthalene and aryltetralin lignans7

Iridoids monoterpenoids6

Flavanones $ Flavones4

Documented compounds135 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
(+)-Garcinialiptone A	present	NPASS
(+)-Morelloflavone	present	LOTUS
(+)-Volkensiflavone	present	LOTUS
(-)-Cycloxanthochymol	present	LOTUS
(-)-Garcinialiptone A	present	NPASS
(1R,2S,7S,9R,11R)-4,4,10,10-tetramethyl-1,11-bis(3-methylbut-2-enyl)-9-(2-methylpropanoyl)-3-oxatricyclo[7.3.1.02,7]tridecane-8,13-dione	present	LOTUS
(1R,3E,5S,7S)-3-((3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-hydroxymethylidene)-6,6-dimethyl-5,7-bis(3-methylbut-2-enyl)-1-((2R)-5-methyl-2-prop-1-en-2-ylhex-5-enyl)bicyclo(3.3.1)nonane-2,4,9-trione	present	LOTUS
(1R,3R,4S,6S,7R)-7-hydroxy-8,8-dimethyl-1,4,6-tris(3-methylbut-2-enyl)-3-(2-methylpropanoyl)-2-oxatricyclo[4.3.1.03,7]decane-9,10-dione	present	LOTUS
(1R,3R,5R)-4,4-dimethyl-1,3-bis(3-methylbut-2-enyl)-5-(2-methylpropanoyl)-6-oxabicyclo[3.2.1]octane-7,8-dione	present	LOTUS
(1R,3R,9S,11R)-7-(3,4-Dihydroxybenzoyl)-4,4,10,10-tetramethyl-3,9,11-tris(3-methylbut-2-enyl)-5-oxatricyclo[7.3.1.01,6]tridec-6-ene-8,13-dione	present	LOTUS

05DNA & barcoding6 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 Garcinia subelliptica has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens6

Marker genes3

eDNA detections6

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.

★matK★rbcL★ITS2

plant barcodefungal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type380 records

Wild obs. + sensor183

Museum / vouchered197

Origin

Native1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO940 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 accuracy53% within 1 km

≤100 m 67≤1 km 12≤10 km 1>10 km 69

149 georeferenced · 34 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor183

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 accuracy70% within 1 km

≤100 m 4≤1 km 3≤10 km 3

10 georeferenced · 187 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence197

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 institutions13 of 16 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	139
Odawara, JP	13
Kagoshima, JP	9
Tsukuba, JP	9
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record	6
Taipei, TW	5
Taipei, TW	3
Nishihara, JP	2
Kew, GB	2
Monastir, TN	2
Bronx, US	1
Chiba, JP	1
Universidad Católica de Santa Maríalocation not on record	1
Sendai, JP	1
Guangzhou, CN	1
TAIElocation not on record	1

16 institutions · 196 of 197 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA6 detections

Where the DNA of Garcinia subelliptica 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 found6

Studies independent surveys1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 6 detections have coordinates

Open the map0 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.

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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