Tarchonanthus camphoratus

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tarchonanthus

At a glance

Occurrence records980

Data sources11

Biological traits23

DNA specimens11

eDNA detections9

Sources11 archives

Databases and archives Tarchonanthus camphoratus's data was compiled from.

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility980 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI9 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics11 specimens↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

On this page7 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources23 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS · NPASS118 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF980 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries9 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD11 specimens

Genome at a glanceGoaTgenome

01Narrative

O pau-quicongo ou quicongo é uma árvore de pequeno porte disseminada na África, ao sul do Sahel.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology6

Plant height7 m

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: 7 m · TRY: 8 m

Plant height max8 m

Plant height min1 m

Seed mass1.1 mg

Seed mass max1.1 mg

Seed mass min1.1 mg

Life cycle & reproduction3

Deciduousnessevergreen

Life spanperennial

Self fertilizationabsent

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment10

Aquaticterrestrial

Climateseasonally dry tropical

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max2 135 m

Elevation min450 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formtree

Habitat GIFTevergreen or semi-deciduous bushland, bushed grassland on stony soils

Mycorrhiza typearbuscular

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry2

Leaf n22.9 mg/g

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

03Chemical composition118 compounds

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

Compound class profile5 classes

Germacrane sesquiterpenoids8

Neolignans8

Cinnamic acids and derivatives7

Isocoumarins7

Simple phenolic acids6

Documented compounds118 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
(+)-Pinoresinol	present	NPASS
(-)-pinoresinol-4,4'-di-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside	present	NPASS
(1S,2R,4R,7E,11R)-4,8-dimethyl-12-methylidene-3,14-dioxatricyclo[9.3.0.02,4]tetradec-7-en-13-one	present	LOTUS
(2R,3R)-2-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-3-(hydroxymethyl)-5-(3-hydroxypropyl)-2,3-dihydro-1-benzofuran-7-ol	present	NPASS
(2R,3R,4S,4aS,8aS)-4-(hydroxymethyl)-3,4a,8,8-tetramethyl-2,4,5,6,7,8a-hexahydro-1H-naphthalene-2,3-diol	present	NPASS
(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-[(2R,3S)-4-hydroxy-2,3-bis[(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)methyl]butoxy]-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol	present	NPASS
(2R,3S)-2,3-Dihydro-2-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-5-((1E)-3-hydroxy-1-propen-1-yl)-7-methoxy-3-benzofuranmethanol	present	NPASS
(2R,3S,4S,5R,6S)-2-(hydroxymethyl)-6-[4-(3-hydroxypropyl)phenoxy]oxane-3,4,5-triol	present	NPASS
(2R,3S,4S,5R,6S)-2-(hydroxymethyl)-6-[4-[(2R,3S)-3-(hydroxymethyl)-5-(3-hydroxypropyl)-7-methoxy-2,3-dihydro-1-benzofuran-2-yl]-2-methoxyphenoxy]oxane-3,4,5-triol	present	NPASS
(2S)-1-[(2S,6R)-6-methylpiperidin-2-yl]propan-2-ol	present	NPASS

05DNA & barcoding11 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 Tarchonanthus camphoratus has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens11

Marker genes5

eDNA detections9

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.

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plant barcodefungal barcode

06Genome at a glanceGoaT

The complete instruction manual Tarchonanthus camphoratus 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.

Ploidydiploid inferred

Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources

diploid inferred1×PloiDB · family-scale

PloiDB · family-scale — chromEvol; reliability=1.000 ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type980 records

Wild obs. + sensor505

Museum / vouchered474

Other1

Origin

Native6

Introduced1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO2 664 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 accuracy91% within 1 km

≤100 m 310≤1 km 60≤10 km 21>10 km 14

405 georeferenced · 100 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor505

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 accuracy55% within 1 km

≤100 m 5≤1 km 12≤10 km 11>10 km 3

31 georeferenced · 443 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence474

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 institutions21 of 44 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Pretoria, ZA	193
Kew, GB	47
Durban, ZA	22
Cape Town, ZA	18
Saint Louis, US	17
Berlin, DE	14
Stockholm, SE	14
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record	11
MeiseBGlocation not on record	10
MAlocation not on record	6
Uppsala, SE	5
TAFORI-LSRClocation not on record	5
University of Hargeisalocation not on record	4
Wlocation not on record	4
Bronx, US	3
Edinburgh, GB	3
Fort Worth, US	3
MSB-3054location not on record	3
BClocation not on record	3
GHPG$location not on record	2
Claremont, US	2
Philadelphia, US	2
Xiamen, CN	2
South Kensington, GB	2
Embrapa Agrobiology Diazothrophic Microbial Culture Collectionlocation not on record	2
Mlocation not on record	1
North-West University, A.P. Goossens Herbariumlocation not on record	1
San Luis Obispo, US	1
GRAlocation not on record	1
Dekalb, US	1
Orto botanico dell'Università degli Studi di Catanialocation not on record	1
Haramaya Universitylocation not on record	1
South African National Biodiversity Institutelocation not on record	1
Plocation not on record	1
National Range Agencylocation not on record	1
WAGlocation not on record	1
Eduardo Mondlane Universitylocation not on record	1
EAlocation not on record	1
Viña del Mar, CL	1
University of Johannesburg, Department of Botany and Plant Biotechnologylocation not on record	1
Paris, FR	1
Coimbra, PT	1
Rotorua, NZ	1
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record	1

44 institutions · 416 of 474 vouchered records shown · 58 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA9 detections

Where the DNA of Tarchonanthus camphoratus 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 found9

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 9 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 median18.8 °C 16.9–21.6

Seasonal swing summer↔winter12.0 °C

Max temp (day)26.6 °C 23.9–27.3

Min temp (night)11.7 °C 10.5–15.7

Precipitation34.5 mm/mo 12.8–68.1

Air humidity53.7 % 49.3–54.8

Moisture balance-65.3 mm/mo -92.0–-58.8

Vapour deficit1,186 Pa 930–1,213

Wind speed2.80 m/s 2.00–2.90

Cloud cover17.6 % 16.5–23.1

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 3 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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