Pouteria torta
(Mart.) Radlk. · speciesAt a glance
Sources11 archives
Databases and archives Pouteria torta's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 662 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI20 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics18 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
dukesphytochemcompounds
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Pouteria torta is a species of tree native to Central and South America. The type subspecies Pouteria torta subsp. torta is found largely in the Brazilian cerrado and is most commonly called abiurana, abiu-piloso and cabo-de-machado (on account of its use in woodwork).Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. (2013) By M. M. Grandtner & Julien Chevrette. Academic Press. The subspecies Pouteria torta subsp. tuberculata is distributed from Mexico to the Amazon, where it is known as red abiurana (abiorana-vermelha) on account of the ruddy pericarp of the fruit.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology8
Life cycle & reproduction5
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment10
Physiology & chemistry9
Compounds documented for Pouteria torta across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile3 classes
Documented compounds6 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| BETULINIC-ACID | 15 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 Pouteria torta 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.
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.
Record type1 662 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.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions41 of 120 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 | 155 |
| Kew, GB | 92 |
| National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record | 63 |
| Bronx, US | 56 |
| UnBlocation not on record | 51 |
| Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas - SINCHIlocation not on record | 43 |
| Brasília, BR | 39 |
| JBRJlocation not on record | 39 |
| Chicago, US | 36 |
| UFBAlocation not on record | 35 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 33 |
| Cenargenlocation not on record | 32 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 31 |
| Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record | 27 |
| Brasília, BR | 27 |
| USP-IBlocation not on record | 19 |
| UNESP-FCAlocation not on record | 19 |
| Salvador, BR | 18 |
| QCNElocation not on record | 16 |
| Herbario Selva Central Oxapampa - estación biológica del Jardín Botánico de Missourilocation not on record | 16 |
| Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record | 15 |
| UFMSlocation not on record | 15 |
| UNICAMPlocation not on record | 14 |
| Universiti Sains Malaysialocation not on record | 14 |
| Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record | 14 |
| Bogotá, D.C., CO | 13 |
| MAlocation not on record | 13 |
| Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)location not on record | 13 |
| IPA/SPlocation not on record | 13 |
| Ivano-Frankivsk, UA | 12 |
| UNESP-ISlocation not on record | 12 |
| CEPLAClocation not on record | 10 |
| Université de Bordeauxlocation not on record | 10 |
| UFMGlocation not on record | 10 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 9 |
| UNEMATlocation not on record | 9 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 8 |
| Loja, EC | 7 |
| Chaguaramas, TT | 6 |
| UNESP-IBILCElocation not on record | 6 |
| Instituto do Meio Ambientelocation not on record | 6 |
| Feira de Santana, BR | 6 |
| Universidad Católica de Oriente (UCO)location not on record | 6 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 5 |
| Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS)location not on record | 5 |
| Jataí / Setor Industrial, BR | 5 |
| San José, CR | 5 |
| La Paz, BO | 5 |
| UFPElocation not on record | 4 |
| UNESP, Campus São José Rio Prêtolocation not on record | 4 |
| UNESP-RClocation not on record | 4 |
| Centro de Pesquisas Agropecuarias do Tropico Umidolocation not on record | 4 |
| Instituto para la Investigación y la Preservación del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural del Valle del Cauca - INCIVAlocation not on record | 4 |
| Quito, EC | 4 |
| Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campus do Pantanallocation not on record | 4 |
| HUT Culture Collectionlocation not on record | 4 |
| FPMZBlocation not on record | 3 |
| Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO | 3 |
| HUENFlocation not on record | 3 |
| UFSCarlocation not on record | 3 |
| UTFPR-CPlocation not on record | 3 |
| Aarhus, DK | 3 |
| Ural Federal University "B. N. Yeltsin"location not on record | 3 |
| Iquitos, PE | 3 |
| Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreallocation not on record | 3 |
| UFOPlocation not on record | 3 |
| Paris, FR | 3 |
| Londrina, BR | 2 |
| Porto Velho, BR | 2 |
| Berlin, DE | 2 |
| arosemena tola, EC | 2 |
| Campo Mourão, BR | 2 |
| Universität Göttingenlocation not on record | 2 |
| HUAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Herbario de la Universidad Tecnológica Indoaméricalocation not on record | 2 |
| Lima, PE | 2 |
| Santiago de Cali, CO | 2 |
| Federal University of Espírito Santolocation not on record | 2 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 2 |
| Los Amigos Wildlife Conservation Laboratorylocation not on record | 2 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Uberlândia, BR | 2 |
| Universidade Federal de Goiáslocation not on record | 2 |
| UFESlocation not on record | 2 |
| Mexico City, MX | 2 |
| Durango, MX | 2 |
| Riobamba, EC | 1 |
| UNIVILLElocation not on record | 1 |
| South Kensington, GB | 1 |
| Río Palenque Science Centerlocation not on record | 1 |
| CUVClocation not on record | 1 |
| Station d'Ecologie de Lamtolocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Herbariolocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidade de São Paulolocation not on record | 1 |
| IEPAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad de Nariño (UdeNar)location not on record | 1 |
| Universidad de Pamplona (UPamplona)location not on record | 1 |
| UFSJlocation not on record | 1 |
| Herbario de la Universidad Técnica del Nortelocation not on record | 1 |
| Ilhéus, BR | 1 |
| Bloomington, US | 1 |
| Uppsala, SE | 1 |
| Fort Worth, US | 1 |
| Tampa, US | 1 |
| Masindi, UG | 1 |
| Institut fur Allgemeine Mikrobiologielocation not on record | 1 |
| Fundación Desarrollo y Ambiente FUNDAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Area de Conservacion Guanacastelocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidade Federal do Oeste da Bahialocation not on record | 1 |
| Fundación Jardín Botánico Joaquín Antonio Uribe de Medellínlocation not on record | 1 |
| Cusco, PE | 1 |
| Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas (UDistrital)location not on record | 1 |
| Universidad del Valle (UV)location not on record | 1 |
| Universidad Autónoma de Madridlocation not on record | 1 |
| UFRPElocation not on record | 1 |
| ESALQlocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record | 1 |
| UFVJMlocation not on record | 1 |
| Stockholm, SE | 1 |
| UNITINSlocation not on record | 1 |
Where the DNA of Pouteria torta 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.