Phyllanthus emblica
speciesAt a glance
Sources16 archives
Databases and archives Phyllanthus emblica's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation20 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility17 605 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI26 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics34 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
dukesphytochemcompounds
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
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
Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Phyllanthus emblica, also known as emblic, emblic myrobalan, myrobalan, Indian gooseberry, Malacca tree, or amla, from the Sanskrit amalaki, is a deciduous tree of the family Phyllanthaceae. Its native range is tropical and southern Asia.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology18
Life cycle & reproduction9
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment13
Physiology & chemistry8
Other traits5
Compounds documented for Phyllanthus emblica across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds480 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARBOHYDRATES | 952,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| WATER | 841,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| TANNIN | 280,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| FIBER | 180,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| FAT | 160,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| PHYLLEMBLINIC-ACID | 90,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 70,400 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| PHYLLEMBLIC-ACID | 63,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem |
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 Phyllanthus emblica 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 Phyllanthus emblica 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 988×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-indian_vol1 +4
2n 1044×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn73-74 · CCDB · book-indian_vol1
2n 282×CCDB · book-indian_vol1 · CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants
n 494×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn72 · CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 +1
n 523×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
n 261×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
polyploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-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.
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
How it livedPBDB
Record type17 605 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 institutions45 of 78 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Beijing, CN | 179 |
| Kunming, CN | 123 |
| Guangzhou, CN | 76 |
| Guilin, CN | 76 |
| Chengdu, CN | 60 |
| Bronx, US | 20 |
| Yangling, CN | 14 |
| Baroda, IN | 12 |
| Guangzhou, CN | 11 |
| Nanjing, CN | 10 |
| Nanjing, CN | 10 |
| Xiamen, CN | 10 |
| Chengdu, CN | 9 |
| 云南省思茅市民族传统医药研究所location not on record | 9 |
| Saint Louis, US | 9 |
| CASlocation not on record | 8 |
| Seoul, KR | 8 |
| Guiyang, CN | 7 |
| Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Academia Sinicalocation not on record | 6 |
| Yunnan Universitylocation not on record | 6 |
| Natural History Museum, Tribhuvan Universitylocation not on record | 5 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 5 |
| Miami, US | 5 |
| Uppsala, SE | 4 |
| Tampa, US | 4 |
| Durban, ZA | 4 |
| Wuhan, CN | 4 |
| Changsha, CN | 4 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 4 |
| Chengdu, CN | 4 |
| Guangxi Agricultural Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| Kew, GB | 3 |
| Sri Ramaswamy Memorial Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| Museo universitario di Chietilocation not on record | 3 |
| FJFClocation not on record | 3 |
| Hangzhou, CN | 2 |
| Gujarat Ayurved University, Government Ayurvedic College, Vadodaralocation not on record | 2 |
| Madison, US | 2 |
| Dehra Dun, IN | 2 |
| Paris, FR | 2 |
| Gujarat Biodiversity Gene Banklocation not on record | 2 |
| National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record | 2 |
| Fort Worth, US | 2 |
| Nanjing, CN | 2 |
| LDlocation not on record | 2 |
| Institute for Agricultural Bacteriology and Fermentation Biologylocation not on record | 2 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 2 |
| Philadelphia, US | 2 |
| Nagasaki University - Fisherieslocation not on record | 2 |
| Guangxi Institute of Traditional Medical and Pharmaceutical Scienceslocation not on record | 2 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 1 |
| Taipei, TW | 1 |
| Zhengzhou, CN | 1 |
| Herbarium of South China Botanical Gardenlocation not on record | 1 |
| Qarshi Botanical Gardenlocation not on record | 1 |
| Pondicherry, IN | 1 |
| Cambridge, US | 1 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Chicago, US | 1 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 1 |
| Shanghai, CN | 1 |
| BISHlocation not on record | 1 |
| Monastir, TN | 1 |
| Guiyang, CN | 1 |
| The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Barodalocation not on record | 1 |
| Smithfield, AU | 1 |
| SCAUlocation not on record | 1 |
| EMTCMlocation not on record | 1 |
| La Trobe Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Guiyang, CN | 1 |
| Université du Lomélocation not on record | 1 |
| Armidale, AU | 1 |
| Strecker Museum, Baylor Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Guizhou Forestry Schoollocation not on record | 1 |
| WNNUlocation not on record | 1 |
| TAIElocation not on record | 1 |
| Montréal, CA | 1 |
| Cincinnati, US | 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 Phyllanthus emblica 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.