Pericopsis elata

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Pericopsis

At a glance

Occurrence records473

Data sources11

Biological traits20

DNA specimens4

eDNA detections2

Sources11 archives

Databases and archives Pericopsis elata's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation7 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility473 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics4 specimens↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

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 sources20 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS · NPASS10 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF473 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries2 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD4 specimens

01Narrative

Pericopsis elata is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is known by the common names African teak, afromosia, afrormosia, kokrodua and assamela.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology5

Plant height35 m

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: 35 m · TRY: 37.5 m

Plant height max48.77 m

Seed mass321 mg

Seed mass max446 mg

Seed mass min220 mg

Life cycle & reproduction5

Deciduousnessdeciduous

Life formtree

Life spanperennial

Pollination modebiotic

Pollination syndromeinsect

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment6

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatewet tropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formtree

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry3

Nitrogen fixingnitrogen_fixer

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Wood density638 mg/cm³

03Chemical composition10 compounds

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

Compound class profile4 classes

Isoflavones4

Monomeric stilbenes2

Flavonols1

Flavanones1

Documented compounds10 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
(2r)-1-(2,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)-2-(4-methoxyphenyl)propan-1-one	present	LOTUS
(2R)-1-(4-hydroxy-2-methoxyphenyl)-2-(4-methoxyphenyl)propan-1-one	present	LOTUS
3,3',4'5-Tetrahydroxystilbene	present	LOTUS
4-(2-(3,5-Dihydroxyphenyl)Ethenyl)Benzene-1,2-Diol	present	LOTUS
Afromosin	present	LOTUS
BIEJOJJMQZEKED-QPYSNBRXSA-N	present	NPASS
Biochanin A	present	LOTUS
Casticin	present	NPASS
Daidzein	present	LOTUS
Liquiritigenin	present	LOTUS

05DNA & barcoding4 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 Pericopsis elata has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens4

Marker genes2

eDNA detections2

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.

★matK★rbcLa

plant barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type473 records

Wild obs. + sensor237

Museum / vouchered236

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO248 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 accuracy60% within 1 km

≤1 km 3>10 km 2

5 georeferenced · 232 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor237

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 accuracy75% within 1 km

≤100 m 3≤10 km 1

4 georeferenced · 232 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence236

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 institutions4 of 16 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
MeiseBGlocation not on record	167
Saint Louis, US	21
Yaoundé, CM	7
IBANNlocation not on record	6
JBRJlocation not on record	5
Kew, GB	2
Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record	2
Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Herbariumlocation not on record	2
CMULlocation not on record	1
BRLUlocation not on record	1
UFBAlocation not on record	1
Plocation not on record	1
Salvador, BR	1
WAGlocation not on record	1
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record	1
Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoirelocation not on record	1

16 institutions · 220 of 236 vouchered records shown · 16 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA2 detections

Where the DNA of Pericopsis elata 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 found2

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 2 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 median26.5 °C 26.5–26.5

Seasonal swing summer↔winter3.80 °C

Max temp (day)30.7 °C

Min temp (night)23.0 °C

Precipitation168 mm/mo

Air humidity65.7 %

Moisture balance7.60 mm/mo

Vapour deficit1,183 Pa

Wind speed2.70 m/s

Cloud cover33.0 %

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 2 detection points · 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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