Jacaratia spinosa
(Aubl.) A.DC. · speciesAt a glance
Sources12 archives
Databases and archives Jacaratia spinosa's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation5 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility976 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI6 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics6 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & 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.
Jacaratia spinosa (known as wild mango, or ' and ' in Brazil, and tree in Argentina) is a species of tree, in the genus Jacaratia of the family Caricaceae (the papaya family). It is found in the tropical dry forests of central and southern Mexico, Nicaragua, and El Salvador. Its stem is used as a main ingredient in the manufacturing of candy. Its fruit is also appreciated by many animals including monkeys and birds.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology12
Life cycle & reproduction4
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment12
Physiology & chemistry7
Compounds documented for Jacaratia spinosa across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds46 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (1S,3R,4R,5R)-3-(3-(3,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)Prop-2-Enoyloxy)-1,4,5-Trihydroxycyclohexane-1-Carboxylic Acid | present | NPASS | |
| (2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-[(1R,2S)-3-hydroxy-1-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-2-[4-[(E)-3-hydroxyprop-1-enyl]-2,6-dimethoxyphenoxy]propoxy]-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol | present | NPASS | |
| (2S)-5,7,3',4'-Tetrahydroxyflavanone 6-C-glucoside | present | NPASS | |
| (Z)-3-phenyl-2-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyprop-2-enoic acid | present | NPASS | |
| 3,5-Dihydroxybenzoic acid | present | NPASS | |
| 4-Hydroxybenzoic acid | present | NPASS | |
| Aesculetin | present | NPASS | |
| AKGDIVKDYFDRLS-VJCFOKSDSA-N | present | NPASS | |
| Aspalathin | present | NPASS | |
| Catechin | present | NPASS |
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 Jacaratia spinosa 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 Jacaratia spinosa 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.
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 181×CCDB · book-fedorov
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 type976 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.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions42 of 117 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 | 87 |
| Bronx, US | 50 |
| Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR)location not on record | 43 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 41 |
| National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record | 29 |
| Paris, FR | 29 |
| Brasília, BR | 17 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 17 |
| Cenargenlocation not on record | 17 |
| JBRJlocation not on record | 16 |
| Cascavel, BR | 12 |
| UEMlocation not on record | 12 |
| Londrina, BR | 11 |
| Chicago, US | 11 |
| Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO | 11 |
| UFMSlocation not on record | 10 |
| Kew, GB | 10 |
| Maringá, BR | 10 |
| UTFPR-CPlocation not on record | 10 |
| MAlocation not on record | 9 |
| UEMAlocation not on record | 9 |
| UNESP-IBILCElocation not on record | 8 |
| Blumenau, BR | 8 |
| Loja, EC | 8 |
| Instituto do Meio Ambientelocation not on record | 8 |
| UFRRJlocation not on record | 8 |
| Campo Mourão, BR | 8 |
| Chaguaramas, TT | 7 |
| Ivano-Frankivsk, UA | 7 |
| QCNElocation not on record | 7 |
| Corrientes, AR | 7 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 6 |
| San Isidro, AR | 6 |
| San José, CR | 6 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 5 |
| UNICAMPlocation not on record | 5 |
| UTFPR-DVlocation not on record | 5 |
| Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)location not on record | 5 |
| INMAlocation not on record | 4 |
| UFBAlocation not on record | 4 |
| Porto Velho, BR | 4 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 4 |
| Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record | 4 |
| Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paranálocation not on record | 3 |
| Santa Teresa, BR | 3 |
| La Paz, BO | 3 |
| Mexico City, MX | 3 |
| Tampa, US | 3 |
| Durham, US | 3 |
| UFRPElocation not on record | 3 |
| HUENFlocation not on record | 3 |
| Foz do Iguaçu, BR | 3 |
| UNESP-RClocation not on record | 3 |
| URCAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 2 |
| UnBlocation not on record | 2 |
| UFSClocation not on record | 2 |
| Universiti Sains Malaysialocation not on record | 2 |
| Berlin, DE | 2 |
| USP-IBlocation not on record | 2 |
| UNESClocation not on record | 2 |
| arosemena tola, EC | 2 |
| UESBlocation not on record | 2 |
| Feira de Santana, BR | 2 |
| Criciúma, BR | 2 |
| Masindi, UG | 2 |
| Universidad Tecnológica del Chocó (UTCH)location not on record | 2 |
| Centro de Estudios y Colecciones Biológicas para la Conservaciónlocation not on record | 2 |
| UFPRlocation not on record | 2 |
| Federal University of Espírito Santolocation not on record | 2 |
| Cochabamba, BO | 2 |
| Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paranálocation not on record | 2 |
| Universidad Nacional de Asunciónlocation not on record | 2 |
| UFMGlocation not on record | 2 |
| Seropédica, BR | 2 |
| UFESlocation not on record | 2 |
| PUC-RIOlocation not on record | 1 |
| UFPElocation not on record | 1 |
| Fortaleza, BR | 1 |
| Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record | 1 |
| Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldilocation not on record | 1 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Stockholm, SE | 1 |
| Aarhus, DK | 1 |
| Empresa Pernambucana de Pesquisa Agropecuária, IPAlocation not on record | 1 |
| CEPLAClocation not on record | 1 |
| Plocation not on record | 1 |
| Brasília, BR | 1 |
| Madison, US | 1 |
| Station d'Ecologie de Lamtolocation not on record | 1 |
| Wlocation not on record | 1 |
| Herbario Selva Central Oxapampa - estación biológica del Jardín Botánico de Missourilocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record | 1 |
| ESALQlocation not on record | 1 |
| UNESP, Campus São José Rio Prêtolocation not on record | 1 |
| Miami, US | 1 |
| Ulocation not on record | 1 |
| Río Palenque Science Centerlocation not on record | 1 |
| Santarém, BR | 1 |
| Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campus do Pantanallocation not on record | 1 |
| Jataí / Setor Industrial, BR | 1 |
| UEPAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS)location not on record | 1 |
| Cusco, PE | 1 |
| UTPLlocation not on record | 1 |
| Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas - SINCHIlocation not on record | 1 |
| Museo naturalistico del Frignano Ferruccio Minghellilocation not on record | 1 |
| Xiamen, CN | 1 |
| UFVJMlocation not on record | 1 |
| UFSCarlocation not on record | 1 |
| UNESP-FCAlocation not on record | 1 |
| HUT Culture Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement (IRD)location not on record | 1 |
| Universidade Federal do Ceara, Departamento de Biologialocation not on record | 1 |
| QAPlocation not on record | 1 |
| Paleontological Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreallocation not on record | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Jacaratia spinosa 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?
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.