Heptapleurum arboricola

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Araliaceae/Heptapleurum

At a glance

Occurrence records1 405

Data sources11

Biological traits34

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources11 archives

Databases and archives Heptapleurum arboricola's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation7 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 405 records↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page5 sections

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

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources34 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS · NPASS45 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF1 405 records

Genome at a glanceCCDB · GoaT · NCBI≈2 Gbp

01Narrative

Schefflera arboricola () is a flowering plant in the family Araliaceae, native to Taiwan and Hainan Province, China. Its common name is dwarf umbrella tree, as it resembles a smaller version of the umbrella tree, Schefflera actinophylla. Current taxonomy places both species in the genus Heptapleurum.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsGIFT

Size & morphology15

Fruit length4 mm

Fruit length max4 mm

Fruit length min4 mm

Fruit width4 mm

Fruit width max4 mm

Fruit width min4 mm

Inflorescence length max20 cm

Leaf length80 mm

Leaf length max100 mm

Leaf length min60 mm

Leaf width max35 mm

Leaf width min15 mm

Plant height3.25 m

Plant height max3 m

Plant height min2 m

Life cycle & reproduction5

Deciduousnessevergreen

Life formscrambling shrub

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment11

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatewet tropical

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max900 m

Elevation mean1 712 m

Elevation min400 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessfleshy

Fruit typedrupe

Growth formshrub

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry2

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

03Chemical composition45 compounds

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

Compound class profile5 classes

Oleanane triterpenoids27

Cholestane steroids $ Stigmastane steroids4

Phytane diterpenoids2

Farnesane sesquiterpenoids2

Purine alkaloids1

Documented compounds45 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
(2R)-2-Methyl-4-(9H-purin-6-ylamino)-1-butanol	present	LOTUS
(2R,3R,4R,5R,6S)-6-[[(3S,4aS,6aR,6bR,8aR,12aS,14aS,14bS)-8a-carboxy-4,4,6a,6b,11,11,14b-heptamethyl-1,2,3,4a,5,6,7,8,9,10,12,12a,14,14a-tetradecahydropicen-3-yl]oxy]-4-hydroxy-3-[(2R,3R,4R,5R,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxy-5-[(2S,3S,4R,5S)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxyoxane-2-carboxylic acid	present	LOTUS
(2R,3R,4R,5S,6S)-6-[[(3R,4aS,6aR,6bS,8aR,12aR,14aS,14bS)-8a-carboxy-4,4,6a,6b,11,11,14b-heptamethyl-1,2,3,4a,5,6,7,8,9,10,12,12a,14,14a-tetradecahydropicen-3-yl]oxy]-3-[(2R,3S,4S)-3,4-dihydroxy-4-(hydroxymethyl)oxolan-2-yl]oxy-4-hydroxy-5-[(2R,3S,4R,5S)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxyoxane-2-carboxylic acid	present	LOTUS
(2R,3S,4R,5R,6R)-6-[[(3S,4aS,6aS,6bR,8aS,12aS,14aS,14bR)-8a-carboxy-4,4,6a,6b,11,11,14b-heptamethyl-1,2,3,4a,5,6,7,8,9,10,12,12a,14,14a-tetradecahydropicen-3-yl]oxy]-4,5-dihydroxy-3-[(2R,3R,4R,5S,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyoxane-2-carboxylic acid	present	LOTUS
(2S,3R,4S,5R,6R)-6-[[(3S,4aS,6aR,6bR,8aR,12aS,14aS,14bS)-4,4,6a,6b,11,11,14b-heptamethyl-8a-[(2R,3R,4R,5R,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxycarbonyl-1,2,3,4a,5,6,7,8,9,10,12,12a,14,14a-tetradecahydropicen-3-yl]oxy]-4-hydroxy-3-[(2S,3S,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxy-5-[(2R,3S,4S,5S)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxyoxane-2-carboxylic acid	present	LOTUS
(2S,3R,4S,5R,6S)-6-[[(3R,4aR,6aS,6bR,8aS,12aR,14aR,14bS)-8a-carboxy-4,4,6a,6b,11,11,14b-heptamethyl-1,2,3,4a,5,6,7,8,9,10,12,12a,14,14a-tetradecahydropicen-3-yl]oxy]-4-hydroxy-5-[(2R,3R,4S,5R,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-3-[(2S,3S,4R,5S,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyoxane-2-carboxylic acid	present	LOTUS
(2S,3S,4R,5R,6R)-6-[[(3R,4aS,6aS,6bR,8S,8aR,12aS,14aS,14bS)-8a-carboxy-8-hydroxy-4,4,6a,6b,11,11,14b-heptamethyl-1,2,3,4a,5,6,7,8,9,10,12,12a,14,14a-tetradecahydropicen-3-yl]oxy]-4,5-dihydroxy-3-[(2R,3S,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyoxane-2-carboxylic acid	present	LOTUS
(2S,3S,4R,5R,6R)-6-[[(3S,4aR,6aR,6bS,8aS,12aS,14aR,14bR)-4,4,6a,6b,11,11,14b-heptamethyl-8a-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxycarbonyl-1,2,3,4a,5,6,7,8,9,10,12,12a,14,14a-tetradecahydropicen-3-yl]oxy]-3-[(2S,3R,4R)-3,4-dihydroxy-4-(hydroxymethyl)oxolan-2-yl]oxy-4,5-dihydroxyoxane-2-carboxylic acid	present	LOTUS
(2S,3S,4R,5R,6R)-6-[[(3S,4aR,6aR,6bS,8aS,12aS,14aR,14bR)-8a-carboxy-4,4,6a,6b,11,11,14b-heptamethyl-1,2,3,4a,5,6,7,8,9,10,12,12a,14,14a-tetradecahydropicen-3-yl]oxy]-4,5-dihydroxy-3-[(2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyoxane-2-carboxylic acid	present	LOTUS
(2S,3S,4R,5R,6R)-6-[[(3S,4aR,6aR,6bS,8R,8aR,12aS,14aR,14bR)-8a-carboxy-8-hydroxy-4,4,6a,6b,11,11,14b-heptamethyl-1,2,3,4a,5,6,7,8,9,10,12,12a,14,14a-tetradecahydropicen-3-yl]oxy]-4,5-dihydroxy-3-[(2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyoxane-2-carboxylic acid	present	LOTUS

05DNA & barcodingmolecular

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 Heptapleurum arboricola has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceCCDB · GoaT · NCBI

The complete instruction manual Heptapleurum arboricola 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

Genome size≈1 974 405 388 bp assembly estimate

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).

BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb

FUNGUS0.04 Gb

INSECT0.25 Gb

THIS GENOME Heptapleurum arboricola1.97 Gb

HUMAN3.2 Gb

WHEAT17 Gb

FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb

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.

Chromosomes2n = 24 n = 12

Ploidydiploid inferred

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 241×CCDB · eflora

CCDB · eflora

n 121×CCDB · book-ipcn67-71

CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 — HSU, C.-C. 1968. Preliminary chromosome studies on the vascular plants of Taiwan (II). Taiwania No. 14: 11-27.

Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources

diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale

PloiDB · genus-scale — chromEvol; reliability=1.000 ↗

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.

Assembly levelChromosome

07Deep time~9.66 Ma lineage

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

DNA clock origin9.66 Ma TimeTree

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.

DNA clock origin

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type1 405 records

Wild obs. + sensor1 335

Museum / vouchered68

Other2

Origin

Native5

Introduced198

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO3 976 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 accuracy91% within 1 km

≤100 m 922≤1 km 137≤10 km 57>10 km 54

1 170 georeferenced · 165 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor1 335

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 accuracy94% within 1 km

≤100 m 14≤1 km 1≤10 km 1

16 georeferenced · 52 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence68

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 institutions17 of 26 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Taipei, TW	17
TAIElocation not on record	8
Tampa, US	5
Brisbane, AU	5
Mount Annan, AU	4
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record	3
UFBAlocation not on record	2
Saint Louis, US	2
Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV	2
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paranálocation not on record	2
Foz do Iguaçu, BR	2
Blumenau, BR	2
Bronx, US	1
Taipei, TW	1
Cincinnati, US	1
UNESP-IBILCElocation not on record	1
USP-IBlocation not on record	1
Kew, GB	1
La Paz, BO	1
Badajoz, ES	1
Campo Mourão, BR	1
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO	1
Brasília, BR	1
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record	1
UNIVILLElocation not on record	1
UTFPR-CPlocation not on record	1

26 institutions · 68 of 68 vouchered records shown

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Heptapleurum arboricola

At a glance

Sources11 archives

Size & morphology15

Life cycle & reproduction5

Diet & foraging1

Habitat & environment11

Physiology & chemistry2

Compound class profile5 classes

Documented compounds45 total

At a glance

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers

At a glance

When this lineage existed

Record type1 405 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions17 of 26 geolocated

Record type1 405 records