Lepisanthes alata — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Lepisanthes

At a glance

Occurrence records84

Data sources8

Biological traits11

DNA specimens4

eDNA detections4

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Lepisanthes alata's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility84 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI4 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics4 specimens↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

On this page5 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources11 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF84 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries4 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD4 specimens

01Narrative

Lepisanthes alata, also called the Johore tree, blimbing cina, ceri or engkili, is a species of flowering plant, a tropical forest fruit-tree in the lychee family, that is native to Southeast Asia.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology1

Plant height10 m

Life cycle & reproduction4

Life formtree

Life spanperennial

Pollination modebiotic

Pollination syndromeinsect

Habitat & environment5

Climatewet tropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formtree

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry1

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

05DNA & barcoding4 specimens

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 Lepisanthes alata has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens4

Marker genes3

eDNA detections4

Marker genes sequenced

★ 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.

matKrbcLITS2

plant barcodefungal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type84 records

Wild obs. + sensor20

Museum / vouchered64

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO188 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 accuracy88% within 1 km

≤100 m 6≤1 km 8≤10 km 1>10 km 1

16 georeferenced · 4 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor20

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 accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 1

1 georeferenced · 63 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence64

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 institutions2 of 4 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Boise, US	1
Xiamen, CN	1
Glocation not on record	1
Singapore Botanic Gardenslocation not on record	1

4 institutions · 4 of 64 vouchered records shown · 60 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA4 detections

Where the DNA of Lepisanthes alata 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

Detections DNA found4

Studies independent surveys1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 4 detections have coordinates

Open the map0 countries0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

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.