Inga laurina
(Sw.) Willd. · speciesAt a glance
Sources14 archives
Databases and archives Inga laurina's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility3 368 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI33 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics33 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Inga laurina is a species of plant in the family Fabaceæ. It is found from Mexico south to Argentina. The species is present throughout most of Brazil, where it is called ingá-mirim (small ice-cream-bean) due to the relatively small pods.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology6
Life cycle & reproduction19
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment29
Physiology & chemistry22
Uses & economy10
Other traits6
Compounds documented for Inga laurina across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile3 classes
Documented compounds7 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ((2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-2-(5,7-dihydroxy-4-oxo-2-(3,4,5-trihydroxyphenyl)chromen-3-yl)oxy-4,5-dihydroxy-6-methyloxan-3-yl) 3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoate | present | LOTUS | |
| (2R)-2-amino-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-4-oxo-2,3-bis(3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoyl)-4-(3,4,5-trihydroxyphenyl)butanoic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| (2S)-2-[bis(3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoyl)amino]-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propanoic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| (2S)-2-amino-3-[4-[3,4-dihydroxy-5-(3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoyl)oxybenzoyl]oxyphenyl]propanoic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| (2S)-2-ammonio-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propanoate | present | LOTUS | |
| (2S)-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2-[(3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoyl)amino]propanoic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| Tyrosine gallate | present | LOTUS |
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 Inga laurina has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ 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.
The complete instruction manual Inga laurina 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
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).
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.
2n 522×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · iapt
2n 261×CCDB · iapt
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
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.
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
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.
Record type3 368 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
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.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions73 of 183 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Saint Louis, US | 268 |
| Bronx, US | 226 |
| Salvador, BR | 156 |
| Kew, GB | 136 |
| Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record | 97 |
| UFBAlocation not on record | 96 |
| JBRJlocation not on record | 84 |
| Feira de Santana, BR | 79 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 67 |
| Mexico City, MX | 62 |
| Chicago, US | 58 |
| UNESP-FCAlocation not on record | 58 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 47 |
| Chaguaramas, TT | 43 |
| Cenargenlocation not on record | 39 |
| UFMSlocation not on record | 39 |
| Departamento de Sistematica e Ecologialocation not on record | 39 |
| CEPLAClocation not on record | 36 |
| Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV | 36 |
| UnBlocation not on record | 34 |
| UFESlocation not on record | 34 |
| Brasília, BR | 31 |
| Durango, MX | 31 |
| Brasília, BR | 28 |
| Masindi, UG | 27 |
| Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO | 27 |
| Federal University of Espírito Santolocation not on record | 25 |
| Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldilocation not on record | 21 |
| INMAlocation not on record | 20 |
| Santa Teresa, BR | 19 |
| Berlin, DE | 19 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 18 |
| Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)location not on record | 18 |
| Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreallocation not on record | 17 |
| Instituto para la Investigación y la Preservación del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural del Valle del Cauca - INCIVAlocation not on record | 17 |
| Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS)location not on record | 17 |
| Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record | 15 |
| Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX | 15 |
| UNICAMPlocation not on record | 15 |
| USP-IBlocation not on record | 14 |
| MAlocation not on record | 14 |
| Autlán de Navarro, MX | 14 |
| Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Nortelocation not on record | 14 |
| UEMlocation not on record | 13 |
| Museum of Zoologylocation not on record | 13 |
| Universidade Federal do Espírito Santolocation not on record | 13 |
| COLlocation not on record | 11 |
| UFMGlocation not on record | 11 |
| Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record | 11 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 11 |
| Ivano-Frankivsk, UA | 10 |
| UFRRJlocation not on record | 10 |
| Empresa Pernambucana de Pesquisa Agropecuária, IPAlocation not on record | 10 |
| CASlocation not on record | 10 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 10 |
| UEPAlocation not on record | 10 |
| Universiti Sains Malaysialocation not on record | 9 |
| UEMAlocation not on record | 9 |
| HUENFlocation not on record | 9 |
| Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas - SINCHIlocation not on record | 8 |
| La Paz, BO | 8 |
| UTFPR-CPlocation not on record | 8 |
| Cuiabá, BR | 8 |
| Institut fur Allgemeine Mikrobiologielocation not on record | 8 |
| León, NI | 7 |
| Cascavel, BR | 7 |
| Campo Mourão, BR | 7 |
| Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeirolocation not on record | 7 |
| UNITINSlocation not on record | 6 |
| Blumenau, BR | 6 |
| National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record | 6 |
| IPA/SPlocation not on record | 6 |
| Embrapa Amazônia Oriental, Ministry of Agriculturelocation not on record | 6 |
| Universidade Federal do Ceara, Departamento de Biologialocation not on record | 5 |
| South Kensington, GB | 5 |
| Corporación Autónoma Regional Para la Defensa de la Meseta de Bucaramanga (CDMB)location not on record | 5 |
| Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record | 5 |
| Cruz das Almas, BR | 5 |
| UFPElocation not on record | 5 |
| Universidad Tecnológica del Chocó (UTCH)location not on record | 5 |
| Ilhéus, BR | 5 |
| Cusco, PE | 5 |
| Paris, FR | 5 |
| MEXUlocation not on record | 4 |
| Herbario Selva Central Oxapampa - estación biológica del Jardín Botánico de Missourilocation not on record | 4 |
| Altos de Pipe, VE | 4 |
| Sucre, BO | 4 |
| Mérida, MX | 4 |
| Austin, US | 4 |
| Fort Worth, US | 4 |
| Austin, US | 4 |
| Aarhus, DK | 4 |
| Fortaleza, BR | 4 |
| Centro de Pesquisas Agropecuarias do Tropico Umidolocation not on record | 4 |
| UESBlocation not on record | 4 |
| Tapachula, MX | 4 |
| UTFPR-DVlocation not on record | 4 |
| Maringá, BR | 4 |
| Foz do Iguaçu, BR | 4 |
| Jardín Botánico de Cartagena "Guillermo Piñeres" (JBC)location not on record | 3 |
| Corrientes, AR | 3 |
| Tampa, US | 3 |
| UNEMATlocation not on record | 3 |
| UFPIlocation not on record | 3 |
| UNICAPlocation not on record | 3 |
| Universidade Federal do Vale do São Franciscolocation not on record | 3 |
| UFSCarlocation not on record | 3 |
| HUT Culture Collectionlocation not on record | 3 |
| QCNElocation not on record | 3 |
| Iquitos, PE | 3 |
| HUAlocation not on record | 3 |
| Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campus do Pantanallocation not on record | 3 |
| UFRPElocation not on record | 3 |
| UNESP-ISlocation not on record | 3 |
| Londrina, BR | 3 |
| Bogotá, D.C., CO | 2 |
| Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR)location not on record | 2 |
| Universidade Federal de Goiáslocation not on record | 2 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Juriquilla, MX | 2 |
| UFPRlocation not on record | 2 |
| UERJlocation not on record | 2 |
| UTFPR-SLlocation not on record | 2 |
| Stockholm, SE | 2 |
| Ural Federal University "B. N. Yeltsin"location not on record | 2 |
| Chapingo, MX | 2 |
| Mexico City, MX | 2 |
| LDlocation not on record | 2 |
| Herbario de la Universidad Tecnológica Indoaméricalocation not on record | 2 |
| Instituto de Investigaciones Botánicas y Zoológicas - Prof. Rafael M. Moscoso, Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingolocation not on record | 2 |
| Llocation not on record | 2 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 2 |
| Loja, EC | 2 |
| FUNEDlocation not on record | 2 |
| Göteborg, SE | 2 |
| Uberlândia, BR | 2 |
| Zürich, CH | 2 |
| Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad del Ecuadorlocation not on record | 2 |
| Universidade Federal do Maranhãolocation not on record | 2 |
| UNIVASFlocation not on record | 2 |
| Lima, PE | 1 |
| Universidade Paulistalocation not on record | 1 |
| arosemena tola, EC | 1 |
| San José, CR | 1 |
| Ciudad de México, MX | 1 |
| Quito, EC | 1 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 1 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Minister of Sustainable Development, Climate Change & Solid Waste Managementlocation not on record | 1 |
| Sociedad para el Estudio de los Recursos Bióticos de Oaxaca, A. C.location not on record | 1 |
| UNISANTAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Cambridge, US | 1 |
| UFSMlocation not on record | 1 |
| UEGlocation not on record | 1 |
| IECOSlocation not on record | 1 |
| UFAClocation not on record | 1 |
| Zlocation not on record | 1 |
| MUFALlocation not on record | 1 |
| Guasave, MX | 1 |
| Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas (UDistrital)location not on record | 1 |
| Mexico City, MX | 1 |
| Mexico City, MX | 1 |
| Universidade Federal de Santa Catarinalocation not on record | 1 |
| Toronto, CA | 1 |
| Bloomington, US | 1 |
| Cochabamba, BO | 1 |
| BMlocation not on record | 1 |
| Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Región Xalapalocation not on record | 1 |
| Jataí / Setor Industrial, BR | 1 |
| Madison, US | 1 |
| Clemson, US | 1 |
| UFSClocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidade Federal do Oeste da Bahialocation not on record | 1 |
| UFERSAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Porto Alegre, BR | 1 |
| UNESP-RClocation not on record | 1 |
| UNIVILLElocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidade de São Paulolocation not on record | 1 |
| Seropédica, BR | 1 |
| Santarém, BR | 1 |
| ESALQlocation not on record | 1 |
| CPATSAlocation not on record | 1 |
| WAGlocation not on record | 1 |
Where the DNA of Inga laurina 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
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
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.