Neolitsea cassia

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Laurales/Lauraceae/Neolitsea

At a glance

Occurrence records69

Data sources8

Biological traits13

DNA specimens3

eDNA detections3

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Neolitsea cassia's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation17 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility69 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI3 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics3 specimens↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

On this page6 sections

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

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources13 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS · NPASS123 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF69 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries3 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD3 specimens

01Narrative

Neolitsea cassia is a species of tree in the family Lauraceae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. It is known as "dawulu kurundu - දවුල් කුරුදු" or "kudu dawula - කුඩු දවුල" in Sinhala.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology4

Plant height20 m

Seed mass390 mg

Seed mass max390 mg

Seed mass min390 mg

Life cycle & reproduction3

Deciduousnessevergreen

Life formshrub or tree

Life spanperennial

Habitat & environment5

Climatewet tropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formshrub

Woodinesswoody

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

03Chemical composition123 compounds

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

Compound class profile5 classes

Cinnamic acids and derivatives23

Proanthocyanins20

Flavan-3-ols15

Cadinane sesquiterpenoids5

Branched fatty acids $ Unsaturated fatty acids3

Documented compounds123 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
(+)-Syringaresinol	present	LOTUS
(1R,5R,6S,9S,10R,11R,15R)-9,10,11,15-tetrahydroxy-1,6,12-trimethyl-13-[(2S)-1-[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxypropan-2-yl]-4-oxatetracyclo[7.6.0.05,10.011,15]pentadec-12-en-3-one	present	LOTUS
(1R,5R,6S,9S,10R,11R,15R)-9,10,11,15-tetrahydroxy-13-[(2S)-1-hydroxypropan-2-yl]-1,6,12-trimethyl-4-oxatetracyclo[7.6.0.05,10.011,15]pentadec-12-en-3-one	present	LOTUS
(2R,3R)-2-(3,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)-3,4-dihydro-5,7-dihydroxy-2H-1-benzopyran-3-yl beta-D-glucopyranoside	present	LOTUS
(2R,3R)-2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-6-[(2R,3R,4R)-2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-3,5,7-trihydroxy-3,4-dihydro-2H-chromen-4-yl]-3,4-dihydro-2H-chromene-3,5,7-triol	present	LOTUS
(2R,3R)-2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-6-[(2S,3R,4R,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]-3,4-dihydro-2H-chromene-3,5,7-triol	present	LOTUS
(2R,3R)-2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-8-[(2S,3R,4R,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]-3,4-dihydro-2H-chromene-3,5,7-triol	present	LOTUS
(2R,3R,4R)-2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-4-[(2S,3R)-2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-3,5,7-trihydroxy-3,4-dihydro-2H-chromen-8-yl]-8-[(2R,3R,4R)-2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-3,5,7-trihydroxy-3,4-dihydro-2H-chromen-4-yl]-3,4-dihydro-2H-chromene-3,5,7-triol	present	LOTUS
(2R,3R,4R,5R,6S)-2-[[(2R,3S,4S,5R,6S)-5-[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-6-[[(2R,3R,4R)-3,4-dihydroxy-4-(hydroxymethyl)oxolan-2-yl]oxymethyl]-4,5-dihydroxy-2-phenylmethoxyoxan-3-yl]oxy-3,4-dihydroxy-6-[2-[(E)-3-hydroxyprop-1-enyl]phenoxy]oxan-2-yl]methoxy]-6-methyloxane-3,4,5-triol	present	LOTUS
(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-[[(2R,3S,4S)-6-hydroxy-4-(4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-(hydroxymethyl)-5,7-dimethoxy-3,4-dihydro-2H-chromen-3-yl]methoxy]-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol	present	LOTUS

05DNA & barcoding3 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 Neolitsea cassia has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens3

Marker genes3

eDNA detections3

Countries1

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.

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plant barcodefungal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type69 records

Wild obs. + sensor8

Museum / vouchered61

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO200 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 accuracy100% within 1 km

≤1 km 8

8 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor8

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 accuracy63% within 1 km

≤1 km 5≤10 km 3

8 georeferenced · 53 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence61

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 institutions7 of 8 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
South Kensington, GB	7
Kew, GB	5
Pondicherry, IN	5
Bronx, US	2
Saint Louis, US	2
CSIROlocation not on record	1
Honolulu, US	1
Edinburgh, GB	1

8 institutions · 24 of 61 vouchered records shown · 36 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA3 detections

Where the DNA of Neolitsea cassia 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 found3

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 3 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 median25.9 °C 25.9–25.9

Seasonal swing summer↔winter0.5 °C

Max temp (day)29.8 °C

Min temp (night)22.3 °C

Precipitation343 mm/mo

Air humidity69.6 %

Moisture balance205 mm/mo

Vapour deficit1,012 Pa

Wind speed0.6 m/s

Cloud cover57.4 %

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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