Melaleuca decora

(Salisb.) Britten · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Myrtaceae/Melaleuca

At a glance

Occurrence records3 363

Data sources8

Biological traits35

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Melaleuca decora's data was compiled from.

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility3 363 records↗

NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

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 & measurements4 literature sources35 traits

Chemical compositionNPASS11 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF3 363 records

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 22

01Narrative

Melaleuca decora là một loài thực vật có hoa trong Họ Đào kim nương. Loài này được (Salisb.) Britten mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1916.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology13

Fruit width2.25 mm

Leaf length13 mm

Leaf length max18 mm

Leaf length min8 mm

Leaf mass per area140 g/m2

Leaf width1.5 mm

Leaf width max2 mm

Leaf width min1 mm

Petiole length0.1 cm

Plant height7 m

Seed mass0.06 mg

⚠ sources differ — TRY: 0.06 mg · AusTraits: 0.024 mg · GIFT: 0.063 mg

Seed mass max0.096 mg

Seed mass min0.03 mg

Life cycle & reproduction9

Deciduousnessevergreen

Flowering timeyynnnnnnnnny

Life formshrub or tree

Life span>100

⚠ sources differ — TRY: >100 · AusTraits: perennial · GIFT: perennial

Lifespan years100 years

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Reproductive maturity7 years

Resprouting capacityresprouts

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment10

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typecapsule

Growth formtree

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: tree · AusTraits: shrub tree

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapelinear narrowly_elliptical

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry1

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

03Chemical composition11 compounds

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

Compound class profile4 classes

Ursane and Taraxastane triterpenoids6

Lupane triterpenoids3

Anthocyanidins1

Oleanane triterpenoids1

Documented compounds11 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
(+)-Ursolic Acid	present	NPASS
(1S,2R,4aS,6aR,6aS,6bR,8aS,10S,12aR,14bS)-10-hydroxy-1,2,6a,6b,9,9,12a-heptamethyl-2,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydro-1H-picene-4a-carbaldehyde	present	NPASS
(3S,4aR,6aR,6aR,6bR,8aR,12R,12aR,14aR,14bR)-4,4,6a,6b,8a,12,14b-heptamethyl-11-methylidene-1,2,3,4a,5,6,6a,7,8,9,10,12,12a,13,14,14a-hexadecahydropicen-3-ol	present	NPASS
19Alpha-Hydroxyasiatic Acid	present	NPASS
Arjunolic Acid	present	NPASS
Asiatic Acid	present	NPASS
Betulinaldehyde	present	NPASS
Betulinic Acid	present	NPASS
Cyanidin 3-glucoside	present	NPASS
Lupeol	present	NPASS

05DNA & barcodingmolecular

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 Melaleuca decora has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Melaleuca decora 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.

Chromosomes2n = 22 n = 11

Ploidydiploid inferred

Chromosome records22–222n range22median22mode4records

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 224×CCDB · book-ipcn65 · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-indian_vol1 +1

CCDB · book-ipcn65 — Mousel 1965

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Oginuma, K., S. K. Y. Lum, Y. H. Lee & H. Tobe. 1992. Karyomorphology of some Myrtaceae from Singapore. Gard. Bull. Singapore 44: 135–139.

CCDB · book-indian_vol1 — Mousse!, B. 1965

CCDB · book-fedorov — Mousse! 1965

Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources

diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale

PloiDB · genus-scale — chromEvol; reliability=1.000 ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type3 363 records

Wild obs. + sensor2 967

Museum / vouchered272

Cultivated / captive3

Other121

Origin

Native104

Introduced40

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO3 788 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 accuracy98% within 1 km

≤100 m 2 511≤1 km 378≤10 km 47>10 km 7

2 943 georeferenced · 24 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor2 967

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 accuracy33% within 1 km

≤100 m 47≤1 km 35≤10 km 121>10 km 42

245 georeferenced · 27 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence272

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 1

1 georeferenced · 2 without coordinates

Open the mapnot free-living3

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 institutions16 of 20 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Mount Annan, AU	104
Brisbane, AU	65
Canberra, AU	45
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	9
NSW Dept of Planning, Industry and Environmentlocation not on record	7
John T. Waterhouse Herbariumlocation not on record	5
Wollongong, AU	5
Hobart, AU	3
Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR)location not on record	3
Armidale, AU	3
Taipei, TW	2
Kensington, AU	2
Adelaide, AU	2
València, ES	2
Pretoria, ZA	1
Kew, GB	1
Palmerston, AU	1
Smithfield, AU	1
Miami, US	1
Rotorua, NZ	1

20 institutions · 263 of 272 vouchered records shown · 9 without an institution code

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

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Melaleuca decora

At a glance

Sources8 archives

Size & morphology13

Life cycle & reproduction9

Diet & foraging1

Habitat & environment10

Physiology & chemistry1

Other traits1

Compound class profile4 classes

Documented compounds11 total

At a glance

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

Record type3 363 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions16 of 20 geolocated

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

Record type3 363 records