Phyllanthus cochinchinensis Genome sequencing and assembly

Phyllanthus cochinchinensis, a member of the Phyllanthaceae, is one of the famous medicinal plants in South China. Here, we report a de novo genome assembly for P. cochinchinensis using a combination of Nanopore long read and Illumina short read sequencing technologies. In total, we assembled 284.88 Mb of genomic sequence with contig N50 of 10.32 Mb, representing ~95.49% of the estimated genome size. By applying Hi-C data, 13 pseudochromosomes of P. cochinchinensis genome were assembled, covering ~99.87% of the genome assembly. The genome was composed of 59.12% repetitive sequences and 20,836 protein-coding genes which could be functionally annotated.