Jacaranda caucana

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Bignoniaceae/Jacaranda

At a glance

Occurrence records1 295

Data sources9

Biological traits16

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Jacaranda caucana's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 295 records↗

dukesphytochemcompounds

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

On this page4 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources16 traits

Chemical compositionDukesPhytochem · LOTUS · NPASS33 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF1 295 records

01Narrative

Jacaranda caucana is a species of flowering tree first described by Swiss-born botanist Henri François Pittier in 1917. It is native to Costa Rica, Panama, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela and Colombia.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology1

Plant height20 m

Life cycle & reproduction4

Deciduousnessdeciduous

Life formtree

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment8

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatewet tropical

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max1 700 m

Elevation min0 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formtree

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry2

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Wood density580 mg/cm³

03Chemical composition33 compounds

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

💊 Medicinal use documented

Compound class profile5 classes

Cinnamic acids and derivatives $ Phenylethanoids8

Apocarotenoids (β-) $ Megastigmanes5

Ursane and Taraxastane triterpenoids4

Phenylethanoids4

Neolignans3

Documented compounds33 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Class	Amount	Source
BETULINIC-ACID		110 ppm	DukesPhytochem

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type1 295 records

Wild obs. + sensor898

Museum / vouchered173

Cultivated / captive224

Origin

Native78

Introduced1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 088 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 232≤1 km 3≤10 km 2>10 km 3

240 georeferenced · 658 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor898

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 accuracy29% within 1 km

≤100 m 2≤1 km 13≤10 km 27>10 km 9

51 georeferenced · 122 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence173

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

≤100 m 1

1 georeferenced · 223 without coordinates

Open the mapnot free-living224

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 institutions12 of 29 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record	24
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record	24
Saint Louis, US	23
Chicago, US	10
Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS)location not on record	10
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record	8
Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record	8
Bronx, US	8
Instituto para la Investigación y la Preservación del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural del Valle del Cauca - INCIVAlocation not on record	8
Jardín Botánico de Cartagena "Guillermo Piñeres" (JBC)location not on record	7
San José, CR	5
Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record	4
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (PUJ)location not on record	4
Universidad de La Salle (La Salle)location not on record	4
INBIOlocation not on record	3
Corporación Autónoma Regional Para la Defensa de la Meseta de Bucaramanga (CDMB)location not on record	3
Tampa, US	2
Richmond, US	2
Kew, GB	2
Universidad de la Amazonia (UniAmazonia)location not on record	2
Bloomington, US	1
IAvHlocation not on record	1
Berlin, DE	1
Philadelphia, US	1
Universidad de Córdoba (UniCórdoba)location not on record	1
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record	1
Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia (UPTC)location not on record	1
Cambridge, US	1
Santiago de Cali, CO	1

29 institutions · 170 of 173 vouchered records shown · 3 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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Jacaranda caucana

At a glance

Sources9 archives

Size & morphology1

Life cycle & reproduction4

Diet & foraging1

Habitat & environment8

Physiology & chemistry2

Compound class profile5 classes

Documented compounds33 total

Record type1 295 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions12 of 29 geolocated

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

Record type1 295 records