Pterocarpus officinalis
Jacq. · speciesAt a glance
Sources11 archives
Databases and archives Pterocarpus officinalis's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation5 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility32 911 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI4 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics6 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
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.
Pterocarpus officinalis, the dragonsblood tree, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to southern Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and northern South America. It is typically found in coastal freshwater or slightly brackish habitats, in association with mangroves that occupy the more saline areas. Its timber is commercially traded.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology6
Life cycle & reproduction23
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment28
Physiology & chemistry21
Uses & economy14
Other traits6
Compounds documented for Pterocarpus officinalis across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds34 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (+)-Eriodictyol | present | NPASS | |
| (-)-Camphene | present | NPASS | |
| (1S,3R,4R,5R)-3-(3-(3,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)Prop-2-Enoyloxy)-1,4,5-Trihydroxycyclohexane-1-Carboxylic Acid | present | NPASS | |
| (6R,9R)-3-Oxo-Alpha-Ionol-Beta-D-Glucopyranoside | present | NPASS | |
| 1,5-O-Trans-Dicaffeoylquinic Acid | present | NPASS | |
| 3',4',5'-Trimethoxytricetin | present | NPASS | |
| 3'-O-Methyltricetin | present | NPASS | |
| 3,4-Dihydroxybenzaldehyde | present | NPASS | |
| 3-(1H-Indol-3-Yl)-2-(Trimethylazaniumyl)Propanoate | present | NPASS | |
| 5,7,3'-Trihydroxy-6,4',5'-trimethoxyflavone | present | NPASS |
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 Pterocarpus officinalis 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 type32 911 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 institutions28 of 74 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 | 137 |
| National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record | 58 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 54 |
| Bronx, US | 45 |
| Chicago, US | 43 |
| Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR)location not on record | 29 |
| Mexico City, MX | 25 |
| Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record | 24 |
| Universidade Paulistalocation not on record | 18 |
| UNESP-IBILCElocation not on record | 13 |
| Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record | 12 |
| Kew, GB | 10 |
| Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record | 8 |
| San José, CR | 7 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 6 |
| León, NI | 6 |
| Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldilocation not on record | 6 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 5 |
| Jardín Botánico de Cartagena "Guillermo Piñeres" (JBC)location not on record | 5 |
| HUAlocation 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 |
| Embrapa Amazônia Oriental, Ministry of Agriculturelocation not on record | 4 |
| South Kensington, GB | 4 |
| IECOSlocation not on record | 4 |
| JBRJlocation not on record | 4 |
| Tampa, US | 3 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 3 |
| Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas - SINCHIlocation not on record | 3 |
| Loja, EC | 3 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 3 |
| COLlocation not on record | 3 |
| QCNElocation not on record | 3 |
| USP-IBlocation not on record | 3 |
| Mérida, MX | 3 |
| EL PASO, US | 3 |
| UFRRJlocation not on record | 2 |
| Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS)location not on record | 2 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 2 |
| Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)location not on record | 2 |
| MAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Durham, US | 2 |
| Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record | 2 |
| Area de Conservacion Guanacastelocation not on record | 2 |
| Seropédica, BR | 2 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 2 |
| MEXUlocation not on record | 2 |
| University of Guyanalocation not on record | 1 |
| Feira de Santana, BR | 1 |
| UEPAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Clemson, US | 1 |
| Porto Velho, BR | 1 |
| Herbario Selva Central Oxapampa - estación biológica del Jardín Botánico de Missourilocation not on record | 1 |
| Cuiabá, BR | 1 |
| Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduraslocation not on record | 1 |
| UFPRlocation not on record | 1 |
| Phoenix, US | 1 |
| Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas (UDistrital)location not on record | 1 |
| UEMAlocation not on record | 1 |
| BAYLUlocation not on record | 1 |
| UNICAMPlocation not on record | 1 |
| Madison, US | 1 |
| Guatemala City, GT | 1 |
| Provincial Museum of Albertalocation not on record | 1 |
| HUT Culture Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| LDlocation not on record | 1 |
| Instituto de Investigaciones Botánicas y Zoológicas - Prof. Rafael M. Moscoso, Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingolocation not on record | 1 |
| Institut fur Allgemeine Mikrobiologielocation not on record | 1 |
| Monastir, TN | 1 |
| Toronto, CA | 1 |
| Aarhus, DK | 1 |
| Mexico City, MX | 1 |
| Herbario MAT de la Universidad Politécnica Estatal del Carchilocation not on record | 1 |
| Stockholm, SE | 1 |
| Fundación Desarrollo y Ambiente FUNDAlocation 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 Pterocarpus officinalis 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.