Kokoona zeylanica — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Celastrales/Celastraceae/Kokoona

At a glance

Occurrence records7

Data sources5

Biological traits7

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

Databases and archives Kokoona zeylanica's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation1 languages↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility7 records↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page4 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements2 literature sources7 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS · NPASS34 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF7 records

01Narrative

Kokoona zeylanica, known in Sinhala as කොකුන් (Kokun) is a species of plant in the family Celastraceae. It is not to be confused with the similar sounding word කොකුම් which stands for the Kokum plant. The genus was formerly classified in the family Hippocrateaceae.Kokoona zeylanica in BoDD – Botanical Dermatology Database It is endemic to Sri Lanka. It is extant at Adam's Peak and at Kanneliya. The species has been listed by the IUCN as threatened.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFT

Life cycle & reproduction2

Life formtree

Life spanperennial

Habitat & environment4

Climatewet tropical

Climberself-supporting

Growth formtree

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry1

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

03Chemical composition34 compounds

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

Compound class profile4 classes

Friedelane triterpenoids15

Friedelane triterpenoids $ Pachysanane triterpenoids4

Podocarpane diterpenoids3

Naphthoquinones1

Documented compounds34 total

Compound	Amount	Source
(2R,4aS,6aR,6aS,14aS,14bS)-10,11-dihydroxy-2,4a,6a,6a,14a-pentamethyl-8-oxo-1,3,4,5,6,13,14,14b-octahydropicene-2,9-dicarboxylic acid	present	LOTUS
(2R,4aS,6aR,6aS,14aS,14bS)-9-formyl-10,11-dihydroxy-2,4a,6a,6a,14a-pentamethyl-8-oxo-1,3,4,5,6,13,14,14b-octahydropicene-2-carboxylic acid	present	LOTUS
(4R,4aR,5R,6aS,6aS,6bR,8aR,12aR,14aR,14bS)-5-hydroxy-4,4a,6a,6b,8a,11,11,14a-octamethyl-2,4,5,6,6a,7,8,9,10,12,12a,13,14,14b-tetradecahydro-1H-picen-3-one	present	LOTUS
(4R,4aS,5R,6aS,6aR,6bR,8aR,12aR,14aR,14bS)-5-hydroxy-6a-(hydroxymethyl)-4,4a,6b,8a,11,11,14a-heptamethyl-2,4,5,6,6a,7,8,9,10,12,12a,13,14,14b-tetradecahydro-1H-picen-3-one	present	LOTUS
(4R,4aS,5R,6aS,6aR,6bR,8aS,12aR,14aR,14bS)-5-hydroxy-6a-(hydroxymethyl)-4,4a,6b,8a,11,11,14a-heptamethyl-1,2,4,5,6,6a,7,8,9,12,12a,13,14,14b-tetradecahydropicene-3,10-dione	present	LOTUS
(4R,4aS,5R,6aS,6aS,6bR,8aS,10S,12aR,14aR,14bS)-5,10-dihydroxy-4,4a,6a,6b,8a,11,11,14a-octamethyl-2,4,5,6,6a,7,8,9,10,12,12a,13,14,14b-tetradecahydro-1H-picen-3-one	present	LOTUS
(4R,4aS,5R,6aS,6aS,6bR,8aS,12aR,14aR,14bS)-5-hydroxy-4,4a,6a,6b,8a,11,11,14a-octamethyl-1,2,4,5,6,6a,7,8,9,12,12a,13,14,14b-tetradecahydropicene-3,10-dione	present	LOTUS
(4R,4aS,6aS,6aR,6bR,8aR,12aR,14aS,14bS)-6a-(hydroxymethyl)-4,4a,6b,8a,11,11,14a-heptamethyl-2,4,5,6,6a,7,8,9,10,12,12a,13,14,14b-tetradecahydro-1H-picen-3-one	present	LOTUS
(4R,4aS,6aS,6aR,6bR,8aS,10R,12aR,14aS,14bS)-10-hydroxy-6a-(hydroxymethyl)-4,4a,6b,8a,11,11,14a-heptamethyl-2,4,5,6,6a,7,8,9,10,12,12a,13,14,14b-tetradecahydro-1H-picen-3-one	present	LOTUS
(4R,4aS,6aS,6aR,6bR,8aS,12aR,14aS,14bS)-6a-(hydroxymethyl)-4,4a,6b,8a,11,11,14a-heptamethyl-1,2,4,5,6,6a,7,8,9,12,12a,13,14,14b-tetradecahydropicene-3,10-dione	present	LOTUS

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type7 records

Museum / vouchered7

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO8 km²

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 accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 7 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence7