Bishopwood (Bischofia javanica)

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Identidad taxonómica

Scientific name: Bischofia javanica Blume
Canonical name: The scientific name without its authorship or date, for example Zea mays instead of Zea mays L.: Bischofia javanica
Authorship: The author or authors credited with publishing the scientific name. It is written after the name, sometimes with the year, for example L. (Linnaeus) in Zea mays L. An author in parentheses first published the name in another genus or rank.: Blume
Common names: Bishopwood, Java-cedar, Javanese bishopweed, Javanese bishopwood, needlebark, kainfal
Names in other languages (23)
Biscofia, Gadog, Kohu de montagne, Koka, Nhội, Tuai, Weik, bišofia jávska, jaavanpallerosade, lukishanitu, sual, tongotongo, toog, uriam, árbol del obispo, Бишофия яванская, ประดู่ส้ม, アカギ, 秋楓, 茄冬, 茄苳, 赤木, 重陽木
Kingdom: One of the broadest ranks of biological classification. It groups organisms that share very basic features, for example plants (Plantae), animals (Animalia) or fungi (Fungi).: Plantae
Phylum: Rank below kingdom that groups organisms with a shared general body plan, for example chordates (Chordata), arthropods (Arthropoda) or vascular plants (Tracheophyta). In botany the same rank is also called division.: Tracheophyta
Class: Rank below phylum, for example mammals (Mammalia), birds (Aves), insects (Insecta) or monocot plants such as grasses and orchids (Liliopsida).: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rank below class that groups related families, for example grasses and their relatives (Poales) or bats (Chiroptera).: Malpighiales
Family: Rank below order that groups related genera. Family names usually end in -aceae in botany (for example Poaceae, the grass family) and in -idae in zoology (for example Felidae, the cat family).: Phyllanthaceae
Genus: Rank that groups closely related species. Its name is the first word of a species' scientific name and starts with a capital letter, for example Zea in Zea mays.: Bischofia
Specific epithet: The second word of a species' scientific name. On its own it does not name the species: it always goes with the genus, for example mays in Zea mays.: javanica
Taxonomic rank: The level a name occupies in the hierarchy of biological classification, such as kingdom, family, genus, species or subspecies.: species
Reference species: Bischofia javanica
Taxonomic status: Whether the taxonomic catalogue the record comes from currently accepts this name for the organism, or treats it as a synonym of another accepted name or as doubtful.: accepted name

Photos and conservation status

IUCN Red List category: The extinction-risk category that the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) assigns to a species on its Red List. EX Extinct: there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. EW Extinct in the wild: it survives only in cultivation, in captivity or as a population far outside its past range. CR Critically endangered, EN Endangered and VU Vulnerable: the three threatened categories, from an extremely high to a high risk of extinction in the wild. NT Near threatened: close to qualifying as threatened. LC Least concern: evaluated and not threatened. DD Data deficient: there is not enough information to assess its risk. NE Not evaluated: not yet assessed against the criteria. It describes the risk of the species worldwide, not its situation in a project's area.: Least concern (LC)
Source: IUCN Red List via GBIF, queried on 2026-10-12 17:56.

Photo of Bischofia javanica Blume — Photo: Dennis Vollmar · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation

Research-grade iNaturalist observations via GBIF, CC0 or CC BY licences only, queried on 2026-10-12 17:56.

Interacciones documentadas

GloBI says it is documented somewhere in the world. Biolitica answers whether it could happen here.

A documented interaction means it was recorded somewhere in the world. It does not mean it occurs here.

Types shown: 8 of 8 is eaten by × is a host of × interacts with (this species is the record's destination) × has as a parasite × has its flowers visited by × is adjacent to × interacts with (this species is the record's origin) × is a parasite of ×

Blocks that do not sit under a navigation concept heading keep the source's own term: no navigation concept has been assigned to them yet.

is eaten by 85 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Histia flabellicornis Zygaenidae	is eaten by	6	not compared
6 sources · 9 records Edward Baker; Ian Kitching; George W Beccaloni; Amoret Whitaker; Steen Dupont; Vincent Smith; John S Noyes (2017). NHM Interactions Bank. https://doi.org/10.5519/0060767. Accessed at <https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/82e807f0-6273-4f19-be0a-7f7558442a25/resource/f84ad9f1-bd0c-4811… Published in globalbioticinteractions/natural-history-museum-london-interactions-bank Record contexts (sample): no place published · no date published; no place published · no date published https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/363262436 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · May 20, 2026 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/150206824 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · March 4, 2023 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/158034498 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · April 27, 2023 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/63746761 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Oct. 26, 2020 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/64776511 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Nov. 13, 2020 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Histia flabellicornis ultima Zygaenidae	is eaten by	5	not compared
5 sources · 7 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/39794517 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Record contexts (sample): no place published · Feb. 10, 2020 · Human observation; no place published · Feb. 10, 2020 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/39910165 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Record contexts (sample): no place published · Feb. 10, 2020 · Human observation; no place published · Feb. 10, 2020 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/124713490 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · March 18, 2021 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/33248486 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Jan. 17, 2017 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/182784809 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Sept. 6, 2023 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Taiwan Barbet Psilopogon nuchalis Megalaimidae	is eaten by	3	not compared
3 sources · 3 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/138072293 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Oct. 9, 2022 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/142569415 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Nov. 17, 2022 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/193576531 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Dec. 9, 2023 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Eastern Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis Columbidae	is eaten by	3	not compared
3 sources · 3 records M_SD_013 Published in globalbioticinteractions/fricke2020 Context: Philippines · no date published Vizentin-Bugoni 2019 Published in globalbioticinteractions/fricke2020 Context: Hawaii · no date published Hamman, A. Curio, E. 1999. Interactions among Frugivores and Fleshy Fruit Trees in a Philippine Submontane Rainforest. Conservation Biology, Vol . 13. No. 4. pp. 766-773 Published in fgabriel1891/Plant-Frugivore-Interactions-SouthEastAsia Context: Patag, Silay City, Philipines · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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is a host of 51 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. In the source ontology symbiosis covers mutualism, commensalism and parasitism alike, so this block holds attackers and allies side by side.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Pseudocercospora bischofiae Mycosphaerellaceae	is a host of	15	not compared
15 sources · 15 records https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1337599 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Taipei · Nov. 11, 1933 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1337600 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Taipei · Nov. 11, 1933 · Preserved specimen Alfieri Jr., S.A., Langdon, K.R., Wehlburg, C., and Kimbrough, J.W.. 1984. Index of Plant Diseases in Florida (Revised). Florida Dept. Agric. and Consumer Serv., Div. Plant Ind. Bull. 11:1-389 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: United States · no date published Tai, F.L.. 1979. Sylloge Fungorum Sinicorum. Sci. Press, Acad. Sin., Peking :1527 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: China · no date published Chen, M.-M.. 2002. Forest fungi phytogeography: Forest fungi phytogeography of China, North America, and Siberia and international quarantine of tree pathogens. Pacific Mushroom Research and Education Center, Sacramento, California :469 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Taiwan · no date published Dingley, J.M., Fullerton, R.A., and McKenzie, E.H.C.. 1981. Survey of Agricultural Pests and Diseases. Technical Report Volume 2. Records of Fungi, Bacteria, Algae, and Angiosperms Pathogenic on Plants in Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Niue, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Western Samoa. F.A.… Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Tonga · no date published Sawada, K.. 1959. Descriptive catalogue of Taiwan (Formosan) fungi. XI. Special Publ. Coll. Agric. Natl. Taiwan Univ. 8:1-268 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Taiwan · no date published Anonymous. 1979. List of plant diseases in Taiwan. Pl. Protect. Soc., Republ. of China :404 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Taiwan · no date published And 7 more sources, with fewer records, not listed here. A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Histia flabellicornis ultima Zygaenidae	is a host of	4	not compared
4 sources · 4 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/340012894 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Feb. 24, 2026 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/343417325 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · March 17, 2026 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/261852208 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Feb. 15, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/266568907 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · March 2, 2025 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Pestalotiopsis adusta Pestalotiopsidaceae	is a host of	3	not compared
3 sources · 3 records https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1308586 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Taipei · no date published · Preserved specimen Chen, M.-M.. 2002. Forest fungi phytogeography: Forest fungi phytogeography of China, North America, and Siberia and international quarantine of tree pathogens. Pacific Mushroom Research and Education Center, Sacramento, California :469 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Taiwan · no date published Guba, E.F.. 1961. Monograph of %Monochaetia% and %Pestalotia%. Harvard Univ. Press, Cambridge, MA :342 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Taiwan · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Phellinus noxius Hymenochaetaceae	is a host of	3	no location
3 sources · 3 records Ann, P.J., Chang, T.-T., and Ko, W.-H.. 2002. %Phellinus noxius% brown root rot of fruit and ornamental trees in Taiwan. Pl. Dis. 86:820-826 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Taiwan · no date published Chang, T.T., and Yang, W.W.. 1998. %Phellinus noxius% in Taiwan: distribution, host plants and the pH and texture of the rhizosphere soils of infected hosts. Mycol. Res. 102:1085-1088 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Taiwan · no date published Sahashi, N., Akiba, M., Ota, Y., Masuya, H., Hattori, T., Mukai, A., Shimada, R., Ono, T., and Sato, T.. 2015. Brown root rot caused by %Phellinus noxius% in the Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands, Southern Japan - current status of the disease and its host plants. Australasian Plant Dis… Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Japan · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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interacts with 24 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Histia flabellicornis Zygaenidae	interacts with	5	not compared
5 sources · 5 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/104411919 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Dec. 23, 2021 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/336355414 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Jan. 25, 2026 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/336355415 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Jan. 25, 2026 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/363262436 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · May 20, 2026 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/265387735 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · March 4, 2025 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Histia flabellicornis ultima Zygaenidae	interacts with	3	not compared
3 sources · 3 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/182611877 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Sept. 10, 2023 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/189331348 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Oct. 25, 2023 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/193283683 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Dec. 7, 2023 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Atlas Moth Attacus atlas Saturniidae	interacts with	3	not compared
3 sources · 3 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/109529588 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · March 26, 2022 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/59946099 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Sept. 17, 2020 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/61373469 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Sept. 29, 2020 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Ryukyu Flying Fox Pteropus dasymallus Pteropodidae	interacts with	3	no location
3 sources · 3 records Nakamoto et al., 2007 Published in globalbioticinteractions/aziz2021 Context: Japan (Okinawa-jima) · no date published Nakamoto et al., 2009 Published in globalbioticinteractions/aziz2021 Context: Japan (Okinawa-jima) · no date published Nakamoto et al., 2015 Published in globalbioticinteractions/aziz2021 Context: Japan (Okinawa-jima) · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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has as a parasite 3 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Histia flabellicornis Zygaenidae	has as a parasite	2	not compared
2 sources · 2 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/336355414 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Jan. 25, 2026 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/336355415 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Jan. 25, 2026 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Amyema fasciculata Loranthaceae	has as a parasite	1	no location
1 source · 1 record http://parasiticplants.siu.edu/Loranthaceae/ Published in millerse/parasitic-plant-connection Context: Mt. Silanganan, Bataan, Luzon Island, Philippines · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Cocoa Tussock Moth Orgyia postica Erebidae	has as a parasite	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/336355413 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Jan. 25, 2026 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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Flower visit

has its flowers visited by 2 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. Visiting a flower is not pollinating it. «Pollinates» is a different term and a different block, and merging the two is the measured defect that turned ~88 shared «pollinators» into birds and primates.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Rhopalimiris gagai Miridae	has its flowers visited by	2	not compared
2 sources · 2 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/269226698 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · March 24, 2017 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/274316675 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · March 9, 2012 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Anthophilolygus bakeri Miridae	has its flowers visited by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/269226697 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · March 22, 2017 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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is adjacent to 1 organism

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented	Actions
Frullania zennoskeana Jubulaceae	is adjacent to	1	no location
1 source · 1 record ebcba513-0bf1-483e-ba35-e8025460c124 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bpbm-ent Context: Ogasawara Archipelago, Chichijima Isls., Chichijima Isl., Mt. Chuo · June 12, 2009 · Preserved specimen A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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interacts with 1 organism

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented	Actions
Coconut Palm Cocos Arecaceae	interacts with	1	not compared	Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/190429275 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Nov. 8, 2023 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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is a parasite of 1 organism

This term declares that the organism benefits this species.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented	Actions
Rose Myrtle Lappet Moth Trabala vishnou Lasiocampidae	is a parasite of	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/123991284 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · June 21, 2022 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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Interaction data from Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI), GloBI 0.11. Each row keeps the citation its own study published.

Interactions are published at species level: they are not resolved by variety or race.

Each block is headed by the source's own term, read from this species' end — not by a category of ours. Two similar terms are not merged.

«Documented here» means the interaction was observed in this territory. It is not evidence that the species is here, and it does not enter the niche model.

Acompañantes documentados

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Documented uses and recommendations

Uses and recommendations that a source documents for this species beside a crop, each in its own context. They are the source's statements, not traits of the species and not Biolítica's recommendations, and none of them is a relation between two species.

Among the sources you can read, none documents a use or recommendation of this species beside a crop.