Mallotus japonicus
(L.f.) Müll.Arg. · speciesAt a glance
Sources12 archives
Databases and archives Mallotus japonicus's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation6 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility7 255 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI29 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics41 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotypeEvery layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Mallotus japonicus (), also known as East Asian mallotus, the food wrapper plant or "Akamegashiwa" in Japanese, is a plant species in the genus Mallotus native to China. It is also found in Japan and Korea. This species was first described in 1865, its name was verified by AAS Systematic Botanists on October 2, 2015. The plant is dioecious. The young shoots are red-coloured. The larvae of the moth Deoptilia heptadeta mine the leaves to feed.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology18
Life cycle & reproduction4
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment10
Physiology & chemistry2
Compounds documented for Mallotus japonicus across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds147 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (+)-Catechin 3-Gallate | present | LOTUS | |
| (10R,11R,13R,14R,15S)-3,4,5,11,14,20,21,22-octahydroxy-13-(hydroxymethyl)-9,12,16-trioxatetracyclo[16.4.0.02,7.010,15]docosa-1(22),2,4,6,18,20-hexaene-8,17-dione | present | LOTUS | |
| (2R,3S,4S,10Bs)-3,4,8,10-Tetrahydroxy-2-(Hydroxymethyl)-9-Methoxy-3,4,4A,10B-Tetrahydro-2H-Pyrano[3,2-C]Isochromen-6-One | present | NPASS | |
| (2R,3S,4S,4aR,10bS)-3,4,8,9,10-pentahydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-3,4,4a,10b-tetrahydropyrano[3,2-c]isochromen-6(2H)-one | present | LOTUS | |
| (2Z,6Z,10Z,14Z,18Z,22E,26E,30E)-3,7,11,15,19,23,27,31,35-nonamethylhexatriaconta-2,6,10,14,18,22,26,30,34-nonaen-1-ol | present | LOTUS | |
| (2Z,6Z,10Z,14Z,18Z,22Z,26E,30E,34E)-3,7,11,15,19,23,27,31,35,39-decamethyltetraconta-2,6,10,14,18,22,26,30,34,38-decaen-1-ol | present | LOTUS | |
| (2Z,6Z,10Z,14Z,18Z,22Z,26Z,30Z,34E,38E,42E)-3,7,11,15,19,23,27,31,35,39,43,47-dodecamethyloctatetraconta-2,6,10,14,18,22,26,30,34,38,42,46-dodecaen-1-ol | present | LOTUS | |
| (3,4,8,10-tetrahydroxy-9-methoxy-6-oxo-3,4,4a,10b-tetrahydro-2H-pyrano[3,2-c]isochromen-2-yl)methyl 5-[[7,8,11,12,13,22,23-heptahydroxy-3,16-dioxo-21-(3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoyl)oxy-2,17,20-trioxatetracyclo[17.3.1.04,9.010,15]tricosa-4,6,8,10,12,14-hexaen-6-yl]oxy]-2,3,4-trihydroxybenzoate | present | LOTUS | |
| (3S,5S,8R,9S,10R,13R,14S,17R)-3-[(2R,3R,4S,5R,6S)-3,4-dihydroxy-6-methyl-5-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-[[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-14-hydroxy-13-methyl-17-(5-oxo-2H-furan-3-yl)-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,12,15,16,17-tetradecahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthrene-10-carbaldehyde | present | LOTUS | |
| (3S,5S,8S,9S,10R,13R,14S,17R)-3-[(2R,3R,4S,5R,6S)-3,4-dihydroxy-6-methyl-5-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-[[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-14-hydroxy-13-methyl-17-(5-oxo-2H-furan-3-yl)-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,12,15,16,17-tetradecahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthrene-10-carbaldehyde | 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 Mallotus japonicus 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 Mallotus japonicus 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-ipcn67-71
2n 721×CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
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 type7 255 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 institutions64 of 114 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Odawara, JP | 217 |
| Nishihara, JP | 139 |
| Chengdu, CN | 107 |
| Kochi, JP | 99 |
| Sanda, JP | 93 |
| Taipei, TW | 92 |
| Chiba, JP | 85 |
| Tsukuba, JP | 70 |
| Bando, JP | 60 |
| Taipei, TW | 59 |
| National Museum of Natural Sciencelocation not on record | 59 |
| Beijing, CN | 54 |
| Nanjing, CN | 47 |
| Nagano City, JP | 43 |
| Toyama, JP | 43 |
| Kagoshima, JP | 33 |
| TAIElocation not on record | 32 |
| KURAlocation not on record | 28 |
| Nagatoro-machi, Chichibu-gun, JP | 26 |
| Nishihara, JP | 24 |
| Forestry and Forest Products Research Institutelocation not on record | 24 |
| Tokushima, JP | 22 |
| Shinshu Universitylocation not on record | 22 |
| Zhejiang Universitylocation not on record | 21 |
| Taipei, TW | 21 |
| Osaka, JP | 20 |
| KR | 19 |
| Nanjing, CN | 18 |
| Kunming, CN | 18 |
| Guangzhou, CN | 18 |
| Fukushima Universitylocation not on record | 18 |
| Institute for Agricultural Bacteriology and Fermentation Biologylocation not on record | 16 |
| Tomioka, JP | 16 |
| Sagamihara, JP | 16 |
| Awka, NG | 14 |
| Herbarium of the Department of Botany, University of Tokyolocation not on record | 14 |
| Sendai, JP | 13 |
| FFPRIlocation not on record | 13 |
| Cambridge, US | 13 |
| Guilin, CN | 12 |
| KOMlocation not on record | 11 |
| JP | 11 |
| Elocation not on record | 10 |
| National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record | 10 |
| NSMKlocation not on record | 9 |
| J.F.Oberlin Universitylocation not on record | 8 |
| Bronx, US | 7 |
| Ishikawa Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 7 |
| Shanghai, CN | 7 |
| Shanghai, CN | 6 |
| Wuhan, CN | 6 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 6 |
| Changsha, CN | 6 |
| Fort Worth, US | 5 |
| Hangzhou, CN | 5 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 5 |
| Saint Louis, US | 5 |
| WNNUlocation not on record | 5 |
| Bangkok, TH | 5 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 4 |
| Guangzhou, CN | 4 |
| Angwin, US | 4 |
| 湖北神农架林区标本馆location not on record | 4 |
| Museum Of Natural And Environmental History, Shizuokalocation not on record | 4 |
| Nanjing, CN | 3 |
| CASlocation not on record | 3 |
| Yangling, CN | 3 |
| Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Academia Sinicalocation not on record | 3 |
| Central China Normal Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| Oiso Municipal Museumlocation not on record | 3 |
| Tianjin Natural History Museumlocation not on record | 3 |
| Kew, GB | 3 |
| Kawasaki Shi Tama Ku, JP | 3 |
| Parthenon Tama History Museumlocation not on record | 3 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 2 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Zhuzhou, CN | 2 |
| Auckland, NZ | 2 |
| Guangxi Agricultural Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Guizhou Forestry Schoollocation not on record | 2 |
| Wuhan, CN | 2 |
| Mie Prefectural Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| SIHUlocation not on record | 2 |
| Clemson, US | 2 |
| Minia, EG | 2 |
| Seoul, KR | 2 |
| Nagasaki University - Fisherieslocation not on record | 2 |
| Strecker Museum, Baylor Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Columbia, US | 1 |
| Gifu prefectural Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Vancouver, CA | 1 |
| Xiamen, CN | 1 |
| Hangzhou Normal Collegelocation not on record | 1 |
| DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record | 1 |
| Inner Mongolia Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Guangxi Institute of Traditional Medical and Pharmaceutical Scienceslocation not on record | 1 |
| TNMlocation not on record | 1 |
| Madison, US | 1 |
| Riverside, US | 1 |
| GNWPlocation not on record | 1 |
| Wlocation not on record | 1 |
| Zhejiang Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 1 |
| SJNAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Wellington, NZ | 1 |
| FJIDClocation not on record | 1 |
| Omachi Alpine Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Toyota city nature sanctuarylocation not on record | 1 |
| Claremont, US | 1 |
| SSNHlocation not on record | 1 |
| KNAMlocation not on record | 1 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 1 |
| KIRMlocation not on record | 1 |
| Nanchong, CN | 1 |
| Rotorua, NZ | 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 Mallotus japonicus 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.