Complete chloroplast genome of Mesua ferrea: the first Calophyllaceae plastome.

The first complete chloroplast genome sequences of Mesua ferrea were reported in this study. The cpDNA of M. ferrea is 161,470 bp in length, contains a large single copy region (LSC) of 88,760 bp and a small single copy region (SSC) of 17,482 bp, which were separated by a pair of inverted repeat (IR) regions of 27,614 bp. The genome contains 131 genes, including 86 protein-coding genes, eight ribosomal RNA genes, and 37 transfer RNA genes. The overall GC content of the whole genome is 36.4%. Phylogenetic analysis of 30 chloroplast genomes within the order Malpighiales suggests that M. ferrea is closely related to Garcinia mangostana.