Jagua

Genipa americana L.

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Genipa americana (Jagua) is a species of tree in the family Rubiaceae. They are native to Tocantins, Acre (Brazil), Sergipe, Rio De Janeiro, ParaíBa, Pantanal, Ceará, Mato Grosso Do Sul, U.S. Virgin Islands, Espirito Santo, Piauí, Alagoas, Pará, Paraná, Distrito Federal, Santa Catarina, Cerrado, Maranhao, Mata Atlântica, GoiáS, Amazônia, Rio Grande Do Norte, Roraima, Minas Gerais, Puerto Rico, Pernambuco, SãO Paulo, Bahia, Amapá, Mato Grosso, RondôNia, and Caatinga. Flowers are visited by Amazilia fimbriata, Black-throated Mango, Golden-tailed Sapphire, and White-necked Jacobin.

EOL has data for 26 attributes, including:

carbon biomass
- URI: http://purl.dataone.org/odo/ECSO_00001143
- Definition: The amount of carbon present in biomass
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142 kg
fruit width
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0015921
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6 cm
geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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Peru
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/3932488
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leaf length
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0001133
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12 cm
leaf width
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0004627
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7 cm
native range includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/NativeRange
- Definition: Lists jurisdictions in which a given organism is a member of the undisturbed fauna or flora.
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U.S. Virgin Islands
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/4796775
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optimal growth pH
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/OptimalGrowthpH
- Definition: The pH of a medium (water column, soil moisture) at which the growth rate of an organism is typically optimized
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7
optimal growth temperature
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/OptimalGrowthTemperature
- Definition: Optimal temperature conditions for cell division
- Attribution: Created by Anne Thessen
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31 degrees celsius
population trend
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/population_trend
- Definition: i.e., increasing, decreasing, stable, or unknown
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Unknown
trophic guild
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TrophicGuild
- Definition: A group of species that exploit the same food resources, and/or use the same feeding or foraging methods. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild_(ecology)
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photoautotroph
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECOCORE_00000130
- Definition: An autotroph which is capable of transforming light into chemical energy.
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type specimen repository
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TypeSpecimenRepository
- Definition: The institution that holds a type specimen for a given species. The recommended best practice is to use the identifier in a collections registry such as the Biodiversity Collections Index (http://www.biodiversitycollectionsindex.org/).
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Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin, Zentraleinrichtung der Freien Universität Berlin
- URI: http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15534
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used for
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Uses
- Definition: The uses of the organism or products derived from the organism.
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fodder
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FOODON_03301293
- Definition: Feed for domesticated animals
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of jagua. View this species on GBIF

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