show Abstracthide AbstractLeaves of the plant Mesua ferrea were collected from a tree located near the College of Forestry, Ponnampet (GPS coordinates 12°08'56.5"N75°54'32.5"E; Altitude: 829-850 meter Above Sea level). Genomic DNA was extracted from the leaves using the standard CTAB protocol. The quality and integrity of DNA were assessed using 1x gel electrophoresis, Nanodrop, and Qubit. Illumina short-read (150bp) libraries were prepared with an insert size of 450 ± 50 bp to generate ~110 Gbp of paired-end short-read data.