Colubrina asiatica var. asiatica

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Family Rhamnaceae

Taxonomy: Colubrina asiatica (L.) Brongn. var. asiatica

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)

Ceanothus capsularis G.Forst. (taxonomic synonym)
Pomaderris capsularis (G.Forst.) G.Don (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (21), Hyland_2003 (1), Kew_2019_1 (1), NHNSW_2016 (2), 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 21 traits from 37 records in 9 datasets.

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

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 7.5 mm (6-9 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 22050 mm2 (22050-22050 mm2) [sources: NHNSW_2016]
leaf_length (numerical): 57.5 mm (50-65 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 37.5 mm (30-45 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 1.5 cm (1.2-1.8 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): widely_ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_crenate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2016]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1); opposite (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): climber_woody (2); shrub (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Hyland_2003; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1); spreading (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 26.7 mg (26.7-26.7 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 4.75 mm (4-5.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 3.75 m (1-10 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
ABRS_2023	15	21	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
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.
WAH_2022_2	4	4	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2016	2	2	National Herbarium of NSW. Trait measurements for NSW rainforest species from PLantNET. 2016. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Hyland_2003	1	1	B. P. M. Hyland, T. Whiffin, D. Christophel, B. Gray, and R. W. Elick. Australian tropical rain forest plants trees, shrubs and vines. CSIRO Publishing, 2003. ISBN: 0643068724.
Kew_2019_1	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
WAH_2023_2	1	1	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.