Gluta travancorica — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Anacardiaceae/Gluta

At a glance

Occurrence records72

Data sources6

Biological traits15

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Gluta travancorica's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility72 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources15 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF72 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

01Narrative

Gluta travancorica (Malayalam: ശെന്തുരുണി; Chenkurinji; Shenduruni; Thodappa) is a species of plant in the family Anacardiaceae. It is endemic to the southern Western Ghats in India. This species is commonly found in the wet evergreen forests of Southern Kerala, especially Kollam and Trivandrum Districts. The Shendurni wildlife sanctuary in Kollam district is named after this tree.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology4

Plant height33 m

Seed mass14 286 mg

Seed mass max14 286 mg

Seed mass min14 286 mg

Life cycle & reproduction3

Deciduousnessevergreen

Life formtree

Life spanperennial

Habitat & environment4

Climateseasonally dry tropical

Climberself-supporting

Growth formtree

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry3

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Wood density620 mg/cm³

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

05DNA & barcoding1 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 Gluta travancorica has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

Marker genes1

Countries1

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.

rbcL

plant barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type72 records

Wild obs. + sensor45

Museum / vouchered27

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO72 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 accuracy98% within 1 km

≤100 m 31≤1 km 12>10 km 1

44 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor45

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 accuracy100% within 1 km

≤1 km 1

1 georeferenced · 26 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence27

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 institutions1 of 1 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Pondicherry, IN	18

1 institutions · 18 of 27 vouchered records shown · 9 without an institution code