Melicoccus bijugatus
Jacq. · speciesAt a glance
Sources13 archives
Databases and archives Melicoccus bijugatus's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation11 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility4 474 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI6 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics8 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
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 & karyotype
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Melicoccus bijugatus is a fruit-bearing tree in the soapberry family Sapindaceae, native or naturalized across the New World tropics including South and Central America, and parts of the Caribbean. Its stone-bearing fruits are edible. It is also called Bajan ackee, genip, guinep, genipe, ginepa, kenèp, quenepa, quenepe, quenette, chenet, skinup, talpa jocote, mamón, limoncillo, canepa, skinip, kenepa, kinnip, huaya, or mamoncillo.Bailey, L.H.; Bailey, E.Z.; the staff of the Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third: A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada. Macmillan, New York.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology2
Life cycle & reproduction26
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment27
Physiology & chemistry21
Uses & economy12
Other traits7
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 Melicoccus bijugatus 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 Melicoccus bijugatus 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 322×CCDB · book-fedorov · CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · family-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.
Record type4 474 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 institutions36 of 67 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Saint Louis, US | 63 |
| Bronx, US | 40 |
| Mérida, MX | 31 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 27 |
| Chicago, US | 25 |
| Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record | 24 |
| National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record | 19 |
| Fundación Desarrollo y Ambiente FUNDAlocation not on record | 19 |
| Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record | 18 |
| Jardín Botánico de Cartagena "Guillermo Piñeres" (JBC)location not on record | 17 |
| Miami, US | 14 |
| Tampa, US | 9 |
| Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record | 9 |
| Durango, MX | 7 |
| Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR)location not on record | 7 |
| Mexico City, MX | 6 |
| San Francisco de Campeche, MX | 6 |
| Tapachula, MX | 6 |
| Riverside, US | 6 |
| Instituto para la Investigación y la Preservación del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural del Valle del Cauca - INCIVAlocation not on record | 5 |
| Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV | 4 |
| Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas (UDistrital)location not on record | 4 |
| Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia (UPTC)location not on record | 4 |
| Kew, GB | 3 |
| IAvHlocation not on record | 3 |
| San José, CR | 3 |
| Area de Conservacion Guanacastelocation not on record | 3 |
| Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS)location not on record | 3 |
| Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas - SINCHIlocation not on record | 3 |
| Corporación Autónoma Regional Para la Defensa de la Meseta de Bucaramanga (CDMB)location not on record | 3 |
| Universidad del Tolima (UT)location not on record | 2 |
| St. Augustine, TT | 2 |
| Puerto Ayora, EC | 2 |
| MEXUlocation not on record | 2 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 2 |
| Berlin, DE | 2 |
| OTSlocation not on record | 2 |
| EL PASO, US | 2 |
| Hudson, US | 2 |
| Altos de Pipe, VE | 2 |
| Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record | 2 |
| HUAlocation not on record | 2 |
| León, NI | 2 |
| Jardín Botánico de Cartagena “Guillermo Piñeres”location not on record | 1 |
| BMlocation not on record | 1 |
| Brasília, BR | 1 |
| IANIGLAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Vancouver, CA | 1 |
| Cincinnati, US | 1 |
| Austin, US | 1 |
| South Kensington, GB | 1 |
| Honolulu, US | 1 |
| Universidad del Valle (UV)location not on record | 1 |
| Tempe, US | 1 |
| Montréal, CA | 1 |
| University of Hamburglocation not on record | 1 |
| Burlington, US | 1 |
| Alcaldía Municipal de Garzón en Huilalocation not on record | 1 |
| Palmerston, AU | 1 |
| Paris, FR | 1 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 1 |
| Cambridge, US | 1 |
| Gump Stationlocation not on record | 1 |
| Calabar, NG | 1 |
| Universidad Nacional Agrarialocation not on record | 1 |
| Fort Worth, US | 1 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 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 Melicoccus bijugatus 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.