Pterocarpus santalinoides is a tree species in the legume family (biology) (Fabaceae); it is locally known as mututi. It has a remarkable bi-continental distribution, native to tropical western Africa (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo) and also to South America (Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela).Prado (1998), ILDIS (2005) It grows to 9–12 m tall, with a trunk up to 1 m in diameter and flaky bark. The leaves are pinnate, 10–20 cm long, with 5–9 leaflets. The flowers are orange-yellow, produced in panicles. The fruit is a pod 3.5–6 cm long, with a wing extending three-quarters around the margin.World Agroforestry Centre: Pterocarpus santalinoides
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Habitat GIFTFloresta Ciliar ou Galeria, Floresta de Igapó, Floresta de Várzea, Floresta Ombrófila (= Floresta Pluvial), Manguezal
Woodinesswoody
Physiology & chemistry4
Leaf n29.28 mg/g
Nitrogen fixingnitrogen_fixer
Photosynthetic pathwayC3
Wood density528 mg/cm³
05DNA & barcoding7 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 Pterocarpus santalinoides has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens7
Marker genes4
GenBank sequences9
eDNA detections5
Countries5
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ 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.
★matK3★rbcL1★rbcLa★ITS5
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualPterocarpus santalinoides 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.
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.
Chromosomes2n = 22 n = 11
Ploidydiploid inferred
Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references
2n 221×CCDB · Cave1957
CCDB · Cave1957 — Mangenot & Mangenot
Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy62% within 1 km
≤100 m 28≤1 km 3≤10 km 5>10 km 14
50 georeferenced · 3 758 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor3 808
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 accuracy24% within 1 km
≤100 m 2≤1 km 3≤10 km 11>10 km 5
21 georeferenced · 1 106 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 127
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 institutions27 of 107 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
100
Bronx, US
69
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
65
Chicago, US
42
Kew, GB
38
MeiseBGlocation not on record
36
HNBlocation not on record
34
WAGlocation not on record
34
UNESP-IBILCElocation not on record
34
IBANNlocation not on record
32
JBRJlocation not on record
30
UFMSlocation not on record
27
LSF/FSA/UAClocation not on record
24
Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldilocation not on record
23
Cenargenlocation not on record
16
Embrapa Agrobiology Diazothrophic Microbial Culture Collectionlocation not on record
16
Brasília, BR
15
Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoirelocation not on record
14
UEPAlocation not on record
13
Yaoundé, CM
13
Plocation not on record
11
Frankfurt am Main
11
Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record
10
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)location not on record
10
CNF-UFHBlocation not on record
10
Université du Lomélocation not on record
10
Herbier National du Gabonlocation not on record
8
Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campus do Pantanallocation not on record
7
Brasília, BR
7
USP-IBlocation not on record
7
Cuiabá, BR
7
Xiamen, CN
6
Centro de Pesquisas Agropecuarias do Tropico Umidolocation not on record
6
Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record
6
IECOSlocation not on record
5
Embrapa Amazônia Oriental, Ministry of Agriculturelocation not on record
5
Berlin, DE
5
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO
5
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
5
Universidade Paulistalocation not on record
4
Institut de Recherche Agronomique de Guinée (IRAG)location not on record
4
MAlocation not on record
4
BRLUlocation not on record
4
South Kensington, GB
4
Université National du Béninlocation not on record
3
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
3
Forestry Research Institute of Nigerialocation not on record
3
Mlocation not on record
3
IPA/SPlocation not on record
3
Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas - SINCHIlocation not on record
3
UJLOGlocation not on record
3
Feira de Santana, BR
3
Glocation not on record
3
Nnamdi Azikiwe University Herbarium (NAUH)location not on record
2
Beijing, CN
2
Centre National de Floristique - Université Félix HOUPHOUËT-BOIGNYlocation not on record
2
UNEMATlocation not on record
2
Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record
2
LBVlocation not on record
2
Fundación Jardín Botánico Joaquín Antonio Uribe de Medellínlocation not on record
2
Clocation not on record
2
Elocation not on record
2
LDlocation not on record
2
Njala Universitylocation not on record
2
Philadelphia, US
1
UTFPR-CPlocation not on record
1
UNITINSlocation not on record
1
UnBlocation not on record
1
Universidade Federal do Maranhãolocation not on record
1
Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Herbariumlocation not on record
1
Daubeny Herbarium, Oxfordlocation not on record
1
Institut fur Allgemeine Mikrobiologielocation not on record
1
Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement (IRD)location not on record
1
Zlocation not on record
1
WCS Colombialocation not on record
1
Herbario Selva Central Oxapampa - estación biológica del Jardín Botánico de Missourilocation not on record
1
National Natural History Collectionslocation not on record
1
Botanic Gardenlocation not on record
1
CJBGlocation not on record
1
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
1
Llocation not on record
1
Santarém, BR
1
UFPRlocation not on record
1
Institute for Agricultural Research of Mozambiquelocation not on record
1
National Institute of Hygienic Scienceslocation not on record
1
IFANlocation not on record
1
University of Liberialocation not on record
1
PHlocation not on record
1
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record
1
Iquitos, PE
1
Durham, US
1
Université Nangui Abrogoualocation not on record
1
University of Oxfordlocation not on record
1
La Paz, BO
1
MEXUlocation not on record
1
Pretoria, ZA
1
Porto Velho, BR
1
Mexico City, MX
1
Campo Mourão, BR
1
UFBAlocation not on record
1
Centre National des Semences Forestièreslocation not on record
1
Paris, FR
1
CEPLAClocation not on record
1
Bogotá, D.C., CO
1
Chaguaramas, TT
1
HACAMlocation not on record
1
CMULlocation not on record
1
107 institutions · 928 of 1 127 vouchered records shown · 197 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA5 detections
Where the DNA of Pterocarpus santalinoides 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 found5
Studies independent surveys1
Countries5
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 5 detections have coordinates
Open the map5 countries0
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 median26.6 °C 24.3–28.7
Seasonal swing summer↔winter3.50 °C
Max temp (day)33.5 °C 28.4–34.8
Min temp (night)22.0 °C 20.9–23.4
Precipitation113 mm/mo 32.6–272
Air humidity57.8 % 54.9–70.6
Moisture balance-58.8 mm/mo -117–141
Vapour deficit1,462 Pa 893–1,753
Wind speed1.30 m/s 1.10–2.00
Cloud cover22.9 % 20.0–47.7
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 5 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.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility5 045 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI5 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics7 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗