Malpighia emarginata
DC. · speciesAt a glance
Sources15 archives
Databases and archives Malpighia emarginata's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation12 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 407 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI5 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics5 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
FooDBThe Metabolomics Innovation Centrecompounds↗
foodatlascompounds
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↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotypeEvery layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Malpighia emarginata is a tropical fruit-bearing shrub or small tree in the family Malpighiaceae. Common names include acerola cherry, Guarani cherry, Barbados cherry, West Indian cherry, and wild crepe myrtle. Acerola is native to Paraguay and Brazil in South America, Central America and southern Mexico, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and Haiti, but is now also being grown as far north as Texas and in subtropical areas of Asia, such as India. The fruit pulp is notable for its exceptional content of vitamin C (nutrition table).
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology8
Life cycle & reproduction3
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment9
Physiology & chemistry9
Other traits2
Compounds documented for Malpighia emarginata across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds5 642 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugars | 4,500 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| L-Ascorbic acid | 1,677.6 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| Retinol | 767 IU | FooDB | |
| Potassium | 146 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| l-proline | 85.8 mg/100g | FoodAtlas | |
| PROLINE | 85.8 mg/100g | FoodAtlas | |
| l-proline zwitterion | 85.8 mg/100g | FoodAtlas |
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 Malpighia emarginata 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 Malpighia emarginata 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.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
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 201×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
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 type1 407 records
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.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions48 of 105 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Mexico City, MX | 70 |
| Durango, MX | 47 |
| Saint Louis, US | 20 |
| Bronx, US | 14 |
| Culiacán, MX | 13 |
| Mexico City, MX | 13 |
| Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record | 12 |
| Jardín Botánico de Cartagena "Guillermo Piñeres" (JBC)location not on record | 11 |
| Mérida, MX | 11 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 10 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 9 |
| Chaguaramas, TT | 8 |
| Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record | 7 |
| Mazatlán, MX | 6 |
| Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeirolocation not on record | 5 |
| Chicago, US | 5 |
| Chapingo, MX | 5 |
| National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record | 5 |
| Tapachula, MX | 5 |
| Tampa, US | 4 |
| Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV | 4 |
| Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chilelocation not on record | 4 |
| Xiamen, CN | 4 |
| Tlalnepantla, MX | 4 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 4 |
| Salvador, BR | 4 |
| Universidade Federal do Maranhãolocation not on record | 4 |
| UNESP-FCAVlocation not on record | 4 |
| Santarém, BR | 3 |
| Riverside, US | 3 |
| Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR)location not on record | 3 |
| Austin, US | 3 |
| Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record | 3 |
| Miami, US | 3 |
| UFPIlocation not on record | 3 |
| Institut fur Allgemeine Mikrobiologielocation not on record | 3 |
| Aarhus, DK | 3 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 3 |
| Departamento de Sistematica e Ecologialocation not on record | 3 |
| Puerto Ayora, EC | 3 |
| Loja, EC | 3 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 3 |
| UEMAlocation not on record | 3 |
| Foz do Iguaçu, BR | 2 |
| Hermosillo, MX | 2 |
| UFPElocation not on record | 2 |
| Feira de Santana, BR | 2 |
| Altos de Pipe, VE | 2 |
| Paris, FR | 2 |
| Porto Velho, BR | 2 |
| UNESP-IBILCElocation not on record | 2 |
| UFRRJlocation not on record | 2 |
| Kew, GB | 2 |
| Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Nortelocation not on record | 2 |
| South Kensington, GB | 2 |
| UFOPlocation not on record | 2 |
| Berlin, DE | 2 |
| St. Augustine, TT | 2 |
| Centro de Pesquisas Agropecuarias do Tropico Umidolocation not on record | 2 |
| Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record | 2 |
| Austin, US | 2 |
| Corporación Autónoma Regional Para la Defensa de la Meseta de Bucaramanga (CDMB)location not on record | 2 |
| Teresina, BR | 1 |
| Ural Federal University "B. N. Yeltsin"location not on record | 1 |
| San Francisco, US | 1 |
| MEXUlocation not on record | 1 |
| QCNElocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS)location not on record | 1 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Escuela Agrícola Panamericanalocation not on record | 1 |
| Institut de Biologia Evolutiva, (CSIC-UPF)location not on record | 1 |
| UFBAlocation not on record | 1 |
| San Diego, US | 1 |
| Cambridge, US | 1 |
| Ilhéus, BR | 1 |
| Cambridge, US | 1 |
| UNICAMPlocation not on record | 1 |
| CEPLAClocation not on record | 1 |
| UNISANTAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Gujarat Biodiversity Gene Banklocation not on record | 1 |
| IAPlocation not on record | 1 |
| FUNEDlocation not on record | 1 |
| CASlocation not on record | 1 |
| MAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Masindi, UG | 1 |
| Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS)location not on record | 1 |
| JBRJlocation not on record | 1 |
| Federal University of Espírito Santolocation not on record | 1 |
| Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldilocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad Autónoma de Occidentelocation not on record | 1 |
| Seropédica, BR | 1 |
| Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paranálocation not on record | 1 |
| Odawara, JP | 1 |
| Cruz das Almas, BR | 1 |
| Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX | 1 |
| Empresa Pernambucana de Pesquisa Agropecuária, IPAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas (UDistrital)location not on record | 1 |
| UTFPR-DVlocation not on record | 1 |
| UNIVILLElocation not on record | 1 |
| Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Méxicolocation not on record | 1 |
| UESBlocation not on record | 1 |
| UFESlocation not on record | 1 |
| URCAlocation not on record | 1 |
| UNESP-FCAlocation not on record | 1 |
| arosemena tola, EC | 1 |
Where the DNA of Malpighia emarginata 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.