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Alstonia constricta

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Family Apocynaceae

Taxonomy: Alstonia constricta F.Muell.

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Alistonia constricta K.A.W.Williams (orthographic variant)
  • Alstonia constricta F.Muell. var. constricta (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Alstonia constricta var. mollis (Benth.) F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
  • Alstonia constricta var. montmariensis F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
  • Alstonia mollis Benth. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (19), ATRP_2020 (1), Butler_2004 (5), Clarke_2015 (3), Cooper_2013 (14), Curran_2009 (190), Draper_2023 (3), Ilic_2000 (1), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kooyman_2011 (14), McCarthy_2017 (10), NHNSW_2014_2 (10), NHNSW_2024 (15), RadfordSmith_2024 (38), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (18). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 68 traits from 353 records in 19 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 160 mm (60-260 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2024]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 10 mm (10-10 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2024]
  • fruit_type (categorical): follicle (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2024; RadfordSmith_2024; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 1282.84 mm2 (500-3176.67 mm2) [sources: Curran_2009; McCarthy_2017; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 115.62 mm (25-180 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 26.62 mm (7-50 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 71.36 mg (47-86.2 mg) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 2.75 cm (0.5-5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 65.74 g/m2 (34.12-109.04 g/m2) [sources: Curran_2009; McCarthy_2017; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.31 g/g (0.29-0.32 g/g) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); lanceolate (1); linear (1); narrowly_elliptical (1); narrowly_lanceolate (1); oblong (1); obovate (1); obtriangular (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): undulate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): undulate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1); opposite (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_inclination_angle (numerical): 64.84 deg (45-86.67 deg) [sources: Curran_2009]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (3); tree (8) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Curran_2009; Kooyman_2011; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (3) [sources: Curran_2009; Kooyman_2011; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (2); barochory (1); zoochory (1) [sources: Butler_2004; Draper_2023; RadfordSmith_2024; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): abiotic (1); animals (1); wind (1) [sources: Butler_2004; Draper_2023]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (1); nnnnnnnnyyyy (1); nnnnnyyyyyyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 1.28 mg (1.08-1.49 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 6.5 mm (6-7 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 4 mm (1-5 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid_elongated (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.61 mg/mm3 (0.54-0.65 mg/mm3) [sources: Ilic_2000; RadfordSmith_2024]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Curran_200910190T. J. Curran, P. J. Clarke, and N. W. M. Warwick. “Water relations of woody plants on contrasting soils during drought: does edaphic compensation account for dry rainforest distribution?”. Australian Journal of Botany 57.8 (2009), pp. 629-639. doi: 10.1071/bt09128.
RadfordSmith_20241438J. Radford-Smith, H. R. Lai, E. C. Weeren, and J. M. Dwyer. “A Functional Basis for the Assembly of Australian Subtropical Rainforest Tree Communities”. Ecology Letters 27.11 (2024). ISSN: 1461-0248. doi: 10.1111/ele.70014.
ABRS_20231419Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
White_20201818M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
NHNSW_20241215N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on December, 2023.. 2024. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Cooper_20131114W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Kooyman_20111014R. Kooyman, M. Rossetto, W. Cornwell, and M. Westoby. “Phylogenetic tests of community assembly across regional to continental scales in tropical and subtropical rain forests”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20 (2011), pp. 707-716. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00641.x.
McCarthy_2017210J. K. McCarthy, J. M. Dwyer, and K. Mokany. “A regional-scale assessment of using metabolic scaling theory to predict ecosystem properties”. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 286.1915 (2019), p. 20192221. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2019.2221.
NHNSW_2014_2810Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Butler_200455D. W. Butler, R. J. Green, D. Lamb, W. J. F. Mcdonald, and P. I. Forster. “Biogeography of seed-dispersal syndromes, life-forms and seed sizes among woody rain-forest plants in Australia's subtropics”. Journal of Biogeography 34.10 (2007), pp. 1736-1750. ISSN: 1365-2699. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01734.x.
Sjostrom_200644A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x.
ABRS_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Clarke_201533P. J. Clarke, M. J. Lawes, B. P. Murphy, J. Russell-Smith, C. E. Nano, R. Bradstock, N. J. Enright, J. B. Fontaine, C. R. Gosper, I. Radford, J. J. Midgley, and R. M. Gunton. “A synthesis of postfire recovery traits of woody plants in Australian ecosystems”. Science of The Total Environment 534 (2015), pp. 31-42. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.002.
Draper_202333J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
Kew_2019_112Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ATRP_202011F. A. Zich, B. P. Hyland, T. Whiffin, and R. A. Kerrigan. Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8. 2020. url: https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/intro/index.html.
Ilic_200011J. Ilic, D. Boland, M. McDonald, D. G, and P. Blakemore. Woody density phase 1 - State of knowledge. National Carbon Accounting System. Technical Report 18. Tech. rep. Australian Greenhouse Office, Canberra, Australia, 2000.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.