Melastoma sanguineum

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Melastomataceae/Melastoma

At a glance

Occurrence records1 487

Data sources13

Biological traits33

DNA specimens5

eDNA detections1

Sources13 archives

Databases and archives Melastoma sanguineum's data was compiled from.

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 487 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics5 specimens↗

NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

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

giftgenome & karyotype

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

On this page7 sections

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

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources33 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS2 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF1 487 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD · NCBI5 specimens

Genome at a glanceCCDB · GIFT · GoaT≈259 Mbp

01Narrative

毛菍，又名毛稔、甜娘、开口枣、雉头叶（广东）、鸡头木、射牙郎（海南）、黄狸胆、猛虎下山、大红英、红狗杆木（广西），是野牡丹科野牡丹属的植物。分布在印度、印度尼西亚、马来西亚、香港、澳门以及中国大陆的广西、广东等地，生长于海拔400米的地区，多生于沟边、低海拔地区、湿润的草丛、坡脚和矮灌丛中。

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology12

Fruit length18.5 mm

Fruit length max22 mm

Fruit length min15 mm

Leaf length98.33 mm

Leaf length max200 mm

Leaf length min45 mm

Leaf size3 125 mm²

Leaf width max50 mm

Leaf width min17 mm

Plant height4.12 m

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: 4.12 m · TRY: 3.5 m

Plant height max4 m

Plant height min1.5 m

Life cycle & reproduction6

Deciduousnessevergreen

Dehiscenceindehiscent

Dispersal typeanimal

Life formshrub

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Habitat & environment9

Climatewet tropical

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max450 m

Elevation mean253 m

Elevation min70 m

Epiphyte detailedterrestrial

Fruit typeberry

Growth formshrub

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: shrub · TRY: Tree, Shrub

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry6

Leaf C:N ratio24.82 g/g

Leaf c384 mg/g

Leaf dry-matter content (LDMC)245 mg/g

Leaf n16.85 mg/g

Leaf p1.76 mg/g

Specific leaf area (SLA)21.95 mm²/mg

03Chemical composition2 compounds

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

Compound class profile1 class

Gallotannins2

Documented compounds2 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Class	Amount	Source
3-Methylellagic acid		present	LOTUS
Ellagic acid		present	LOTUS

05DNA & barcoding5 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 Melastoma sanguineum has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens5

Marker genes4

GenBank sequences10

eDNA detections1

Countries2

The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species

ITSMG730692.1 ↗433 bp

ACGT

GGGGACTCATTCTTTGACGCAGTTGCGCCCGAAGCCATTTGGCCGAGGGCACGCCTGCCTGGGCGTCGTGAATCCCCTTGCCCCCCGGAA …

Melastoma sanguineum voucher 1490 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence; internal transcribed spacer 2, complete sequence; and large subunit ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence

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.

★COI-5P★matK★rbcL6★ITS4

animal barcodeplant barcodefungal barcode

06Genome at a glanceCCDB · GIFT · GoaT · NCBI

The complete instruction manual Melastoma sanguineum 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

Genome size≈258 763 064 bp assembly estimate

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).

BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb

FUNGUS0.04 Gb

INSECT0.25 Gb

THIS GENOME Melastoma sanguineum0.26 Gb

HUMAN3.2 Gb

WHEAT17 Gb

FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb

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 = 56 n = 28

Ploidypolyploid inferred

Chromosome records56–562n range56median56mode2records

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

2n 562×CCDB · book-fedorov · GIFT · GIFT (floras)

CCDB · book-fedorov — Matsuura, Suto 1935

GIFT · GIFT (floras)

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

polyploid inferred1×PloiDB · family-scale

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

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.

Assembly levelScaffold

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type1 487 records

Wild obs. + sensor1 069

Museum / vouchered417

Fossil1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO2 148 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 accuracy81% within 1 km

≤100 m 573≤1 km 149≤10 km 115>10 km 53

890 georeferenced · 179 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor1 069

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 2>10 km 2

4 georeferenced · 413 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence417

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 institutions24 of 36 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Guangzhou, CN	90
Beijing, CN	52
Guilin, CN	44
Saint Louis, US	18
Central China Normal Universitylocation not on record	17
Guangzhou, CN	14
Nanjing, CN	13
Kunming, CN	11
Kew, GB	9
Guangxi Institute of Traditional Medical and Pharmaceutical Scienceslocation not on record	8
Paris, FR	7
CASlocation not on record	7
Wuhan, CN	5
Xiamen, CN	5
Stockholm, SE	4
Changsha, CN	3
Bronx, US	3
National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record	3
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record	3
Fort Worth, US	2
Institute for Agricultural Bacteriology and Fermentation Biologylocation not on record	2
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record	2
Chengdu, CN	2
Hangzhou, CN	2
Chengdu, CN	2
SCAUlocation not on record	2
Seoul, KR	2
Cincinnati, US	2
Guangxi Agricultural Universitylocation not on record	2
Vancouver, CA	1
Taipei, TW	1
Wuhan, CN	1
Guangxi Medicinal Botanic Gardenlocation not on record	1
Herbarium of South China Botanical Gardenlocation not on record	1
BISHlocation not on record	1
Yangling, CN	1

36 institutions · 343 of 417 vouchered records shown · 74 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Melastoma sanguineum 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 found1

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 1 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

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.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median22.7 °C 22.7–22.7

Seasonal swing summer↔winter15.4 °C

Max temp (day)25.7 °C

Min temp (night)18.7 °C

Precipitation157 mm/mo

Air humidity63.0 %

Moisture balance48.2 mm/mo

Vapour deficit1,036 Pa

Wind speed2.40 m/s

Cloud cover48.7 %

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

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.

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Melastoma sanguineum

At a glance

Sources13 archives

Size & morphology12

Life cycle & reproduction6

Habitat & environment9

Physiology & chemistry6

Compound class profile1 class

Documented compounds2 total

At a glance

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers

Record type1 487 records

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions24 of 36 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Modelled climatemodelled

Record type1 487 records