wild tobacco (Iochroma arborescens)

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Identidad taxonómica

Scientific name: Iochroma arborescens (L.) J.M.H.Shaw
Canonical name: The scientific name without its authorship or date, for example Zea mays instead of Zea mays L.: Iochroma arborescens
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.: (L.) J.M.H.Shaw
Common names: wild tobacco
Names in other languages (17)
Bastard sirio, Fruta-de-sabiá, Gallinero, Galán arbóreo, Güitite, Hollow heart, Hollowheart; Mata gallina (Dominican Republic), Palo de gallina, Siyou, Suriau, Tabak djab, Wild tobacco (Lesser Antilles), fialkovec stromčekovitý, fruto-de-sabiá, marianeira, 鶇茄, 鸫茄
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).: Solanales
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).: Solanaceae
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.: Iochroma
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.: arborescens
Taxonomic rank: The level a name occupies in the hierarchy of biological classification, such as kingdom, family, genus, species or subspecies.: species
Reference species: Iochroma arborescens
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.: Not evaluated (NE)
Source: IUCN Red List via GBIF, queried on 2026-10-09 05:18.

Photo of Iochroma arborescens (L.) J.M.H.Shaw — Photo: Matteo Bellucci · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation

Research-grade iNaturalist observations via GBIF, CC0 or CC BY licences only, queried on 2026-10-09 05:18.

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: 6 of 6 is eaten by × has its flowers visited by × has as a vector × is adjacent to × is a host of × is visited by ×

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 67 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Cardinalidae	is eaten by	22	not compared
22 sources · 22 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/100711174 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Feb. 23, 2018 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/207837513 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · April 17, 2024 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/333662603 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Dec. 30, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/333663075 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Jan. 4, 2026 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/345467277 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Feb. 13, 2023 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/345710368 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · April 17, 2024 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/346605438 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · April 7, 2020 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/349832597 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Feb. 10, 2020 · Human observation And 14 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.
Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Parulidae	is eaten by	22	not compared
22 sources · 22 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/329132209 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Nov. 30, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/332933279 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Dec. 28, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/337948435 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Feb. 7, 2026 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/337950760 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Dec. 10, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/339965120 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Feb. 8, 2026 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/354108024 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Jan. 18, 2018 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/354628014 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Feb. 4, 2018 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/355471902 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Feb. 12, 2018 · Human observation And 14 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.
Golden-hooded Tanager Stilpnia larvata Thraupidae	is eaten by	20	not compared
20 sources · 20 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/305407673 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Aug. 10, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/329685532 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Sept. 29, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/336088725 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Oct. 18, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/336595756 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · June 6, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/336820208 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · April 26, 2023 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/337544676 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · May 13, 2019 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/337683860 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · May 31, 2023 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/337858425 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · May 23, 2021 · Human observation And 12 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.
Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris Columbidae	is eaten by	20	not compared
20 sources · 20 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/300558384 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · July 23, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/226357282 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · June 24, 2024 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/342772670 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · April 28, 2016 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/344418360 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · June 29, 2018 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/344881138 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · May 10, 2024 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/345338651 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · July 6, 2018 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/345472621 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · July 17, 2018 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/345653643 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · June 10, 2024 · Human observation And 12 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.

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Flower visit

has its flowers visited by 15 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
European Honey Bee Apis mellifera Apidae	has its flowers visited by	4	not compared
4 sources · 4 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/242978485 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Sept. 20, 2024 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/244578250 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Sept. 28, 2024 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/45575616 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · May 4, 2020 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/75983332 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · April 30, 2021 · 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.
Ruddy Daggerwing Marpesia petreus Nymphalidae	has its flowers visited by	2	not compared
2 sources · 2 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/241350905 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Sept. 12, 2024 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/178986042 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Aug. 17, 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.
Melipona quadrifasciata quadrifasciata Apidae	has its flowers visited by	2	not compared
2 sources · 2 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/215913932 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Oct. 16, 2022 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/91909743 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Aug. 20, 2021 · 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.
Palpada pygolampa	has its flowers visited by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/95474501 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Sept. 19, 2021 · 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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has as a vector 2 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
Fraternal Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus fraterculus Phyllostomidae	has as a vector	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record Pellón, J. J., et al. 2021. Exotic Cultivated Plants in the Diet of the Nectar-Feeding Bat Glossophaga soricina (Phyllostomidae: Glossophaginae) in the City of Lima, Peru. Acta Chiropterologica 23 (1): 107-117. Published in globalbioticinteractions/batbase Context: Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina · 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.
Pallas's Long-Tongued Bat Glossophaga soricina Phyllostomidae	has as a vector	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record Pellón, J. J., et al. 2021. Exotic Cultivated Plants in the Diet of the Nectar-Feeding Bat Glossophaga soricina (Phyllostomidae: Glossophaginae) in the City of Lima, Peru. Acta Chiropterologica 23 (1): 107-117. Published in globalbioticinteractions/batbase Context: Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina · 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 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
Puccinia acnisti Pucciniaceae	is adjacent to	2	no location
2 sources · 2 records https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=3153358 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Heights of Aripo. · March 16, 1921 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=3153359 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Siparia Quarry. · April 8, 1921 · 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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is a host of 1 organism

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	Actions
Puccinia acnisti Pucciniaceae	is a host of	4	not compared
4 sources · 4 records https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=737182 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Chosica · April 10, 1932 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=737183 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Chosica · April 10, 1932 · Preserved specimen Farr, David F.; Rossman, Amy Y.; Castlebury, Lisa A. (2021). United States National Fungus Collections Fungus-Host Dataset. Ag Data Commons. https://doi.org/10.15482/USDA.ADC/1524414. Accessed at <https://github.com/globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host/archive/47a3882c0c536… Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Peru · no date published Arthur, J.C.. 1929. Las Royas de los Vegetales (Uredinales) del Peru. Est. Exp. Agric. Soc. Nac. Agrar. Lima, Peru 2:1-14 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Peru · 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 visited by 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
Keeled Tree Hopper Antianthe expansa Membracidae	is visited by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/239326851 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Aug. 31, 2024 · 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.