Citronella moorei

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Family Icacinaceae

Taxonomy: Citronella moorei (F.Muell. ex Benth.) R.A.Howard

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)

Chariessa moorei (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Engl. (nomenclatural synonym)
Villaresia moorei F.Muell. ex Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (1), ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (18), Butler_2004 (5), Chen_2017 (4), Clarke_2015 (3), Cooper_2013 (15), Gross_2005 (4), Ilic_2000 (4), Kooyman_2011 (13), McCarthy_2017 (2), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (21), NSWFRD_2014 (5), Pickup_2021 (9), RadfordSmith_2024 (40), Sams_2017 (5), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wells_2012 (11), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (16). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 70 traits from 194 records in 24 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

resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (4); resprouts (1) [sources: Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (3); post_fire_recruitment_absent (1) [sources: Clarke_2015; Pickup_2021]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): red_brown (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): dioecious (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 19.67 mm (15-24 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 19.5 mm (15-22 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 19.25 mm (15-22 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): berry (2); drupe (6) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; NHNSW_2023; RadfordSmith_2024; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (6) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006; Wells_2012]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (5) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_colour (categorical): black (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 3442.06 mm2 (2715.46-4279.93 mm2) [sources: McCarthy_2017; RadfordSmith_2024]
leaf_length (numerical): 103.33 mm (60-150 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 50 mm (30-70 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 245.2 mg (199.12-297.32 mg) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
petiole_length (numerical): 1 cm (0.5-1.5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 66.08 g/m2 (61.43-87.98 g/m2) [sources: McCarthy_2017; RadfordSmith_2024; Sams_2017]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.35 g/g (0.34-0.37 g/g) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); lanceolate (2); ovate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1); rounded (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (11) [sources: ABRS_2022; Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; Wells_2012; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (3) [sources: ABRS_1981; Kooyman_2011; RadfordSmith_2024]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): bee (1) [sources: Wells_2012]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (2); zoochory (1) [sources: Butler_2004; NSWFRD_2014; RadfordSmith_2024]
dispersers (categorical): birds (3); flying_vertebrates (1); vertebrates (1) [sources: Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; NSWFRD_2014; Sams_2017; Wells_2012]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnyyyyynnn (2); nnnyyynnnnnn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014]
bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 18 mm (15-21 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
seed_width (numerical): 12 mm (10-16 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.57 mg/mm3 (0.53-0.59 mg/mm3) [sources: Ilic_2000; Kooyman_2011; RadfordSmith_2024]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 43.33 m (40-50 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
RadfordSmith_2024	15	40	J. 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.
NHNSW_2023	15	21	N. 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/.
ABRS_2023	14	18	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
eFLOWER_Dun_2022	16	16	L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
Cooper_2013	12	15	W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Kooyman_2011	9	13	R. 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.
Wells_2012	11	11	J. A. Wells. “Phylogeny and inter-relations of ecological traits and seed dispersal in rainforest plants: Exploring aspects of functional diversity in primary and secondary rainforests in Australia's Wet Tropics.”. PhD. University of Queensland, 2012.
Pickup_2021	3	9	M. Pickup and T. McDonald. Bushfire impacts — A national model for assessing local landscape restoration priorities. Project Phoenix Report. Greening Australia, 2021. url: https://www.greeningaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1.02R2.pdf.
Butler_2004	5	5	D. 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.
NSWFRD_2014	5	5	B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
Sams_2017	5	5	M. A. Sams, H. R. Lai, S. P. Bonser, P. A. Vesk, R. M. Kooyman, D. J. Metcalfe, J. W. Morgan, and M. M. Mayfield. “Landscape context explains changes in the functional diversity of regenerating forests better than climate or species richness”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 26.10 (2017), pp. 1165-1176. doi: 10.1111/geb.12627.
ABRS_2022	4	4	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Chen_2017	4	4	Chen, S.-C., Cornwell, W., Z. H.-X., Moles, and A. T. “Plants show more flesh in the tropics: Variation in fruit type along latitudinal and climatic gradients.”. Ecography 40 (2017), pp. 531-538. doi: abs/10.1111/ecog.02010.
Gross_2005	4	4	C. L. Gross. “A comparison of the sexual systems in the trees from the Australian tropics with other tropical biomes-more monoecy but why?”. American Journal of Botany 92.6 (2005), pp. 907-919. doi: 10.3732/ajb.92.6.907.
Ilic_2000	1	4	J. 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.
Sjostrom_2006	4	4	A. 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.
Clarke_2015	3	3	P. 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.
NHNSW_2014_2	3	3	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2022	3	3	N. 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/.
McCarthy_2017	2	2	J. 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.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ABRS_1981	1	1	B. 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/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
Wright_2000	1	1	I. J. Wright, H. T. Clifford, R. Kidson, M. L. Reed, B. L. Rice, and M. Westoby. “A survey of seed and seedling characters in 1744 Australian dicotyledon species: Cross-species trait correlations and correlated trait-shifts within evolutionary lineages”. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69 (2000), pp. 521-547. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2000.tb01222.x.