AusTraits

Cardiospermum halicacabum

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Family Sapindaceae

Taxonomy: Cardiospermum halicacabum L.

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), ChI (naturalised), NT, Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), NI (doubtfully naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, NT eFlora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (3), ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (26), Cooper_2013 (12), Kew_2019_1 (21), Kew_2019_2 (1), Kew_2019_4 (1), Kew_2019_5 (1), Kew_2019_6 (12), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (21), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (21), Sweedman_2006 (3), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 35 traits from 142 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.

flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): monoecious (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 25.62 mm (10-40 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 27.75 mm (11-40 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NTH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 55.42 mm (10-140 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 20.62 mm (5-70 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 2.17 cm (0.5-5.5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (2); ovate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed (2); toothed_dentate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (2); unlobed (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): climber (1); climber_herbaceous (5); herb (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (1); perennial (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1); prostrate (2); spreading (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2014_2; WAH_2022_2]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1) [sources: Kew_2019_5]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnyyyyyynnn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 46.78 mg (22.44-111.6 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 3.92 mm (2.5-5 mm) [sources: ABRS_1981; Cooper_2013; NTH_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 3.92 mm (2.5-5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): globoid (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.4 m (0.4-0.4 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231426Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Kew_2019_1121Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NHNSW_20231421N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NTH_20231421D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
Cooper_2013912W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Kew_2019_6112Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
ABRS_202244Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
ABRS_198123B. A. Barlow, H. T. Clifford, A. S. George, and A. K. A. McCusker. Flora of Australia. 1981. url: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/flora/main/.
NHNSW_202233N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NTH_202233D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
Sweedman_200613L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079.
NHNSW_2014_222Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_211Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Kew_2019_411Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Oil content data from Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Kew_2019_511Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed dispersal data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
WAH_2023_211Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.