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NarrativeWikipediaarticle
Traits & measurements3 literature sources12 traits
Chemical compositionLOTUS2 compounds
Occurrence & distributionGBIF243 records
01Narrative
Ilex guayusa ( or ) is a species of tree of the holly genus, native to the Amazon Rainforest. One of four known caffeinated holly trees, the leaves of the guayusa tree are harvested fresh and brewed like a tea for their stimulative effects.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Ilex guayusa across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
🍽 Used in cooking
Compound class profile1 class
Purine alkaloids2
Documented compounds2 total
Compound
Class
Amount
Source
Caffeine
present
LOTUS
Theobromine
present
LOTUS
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type243 records
Wild obs. + sensor26
Museum / vouchered211
Cultivated / captive2
Other4
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO464 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 accuracy71% within 1 km
≤100 m 12≤1 km 3≤10 km 3>10 km 3
21 georeferenced · 5 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor26
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 accuracy5% within 1 km
≤100 m 2≤1 km 2≤10 km 75
79 georeferenced · 132 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence211
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km
≤1 km 1
1 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates
Open the mapnot free-living2
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 35 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (PUJ)location not on record
68
Saint Louis, US
49
Chicago, US
23
Stockholm, SE
6
QCNElocation not on record
6
Xiamen, CN
5
Aarhus, DK
4
Glocation not on record
4
Loja, EC
3
Göteborg, SE
3
UTPLlocation not on record
3
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record
3
COLlocation not on record
3
arosemena tola, EC
3
Quito, EC
3
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
3
CJBGlocation not on record
2
Bronx, US
1
Universiti Sains Malaysialocation not on record
1
Universidad de Nariño (UdeNar)location not on record
1
Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record
1
Madison, US
1
HUT Culture Collectionlocation not on record
1
Corrientes, AR
1
Universidad de la Amazonia (UniAmazonia)location not on record
1
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record
1
Qlocation not on record
1
Davis, US
1
Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas (UDistrital)location not on record
1
Iquitos, PE
1
Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas - SINCHIlocation not on record
1
Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record
1
Lima, PE
1
Cambridge, US
1
South Kensington, GB
1
35 institutions · 209 of 211 vouchered records shown · 2 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
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GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility243 records↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
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