Dichapetalum papuanum

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Family Dichapetalaceae

Taxonomy: Dichapetalum papuanum (Becc.) Boerl.

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)

Chailletia papuana Becc. (nomenclatural synonym)
Dichapetalum australianum C.T.White (taxonomic synonym)
Dichapetalum papuanum (Becc.) Boerl. subsp. papuanum (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (1), ABRS_2022 (5), ABRS_2023 (19), ATRP_2020 (1), Cooper_2013 (10), Gallagher_2012 (3), Grubb_2008 (3), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kooyman_2011 (8), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wells_2012 (98), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (17). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 67 traits from 173 records in 14 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_diameter (numerical): 0.2 cm (0.2-0.2 cm) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
sex_type (categorical): dioecious (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 12.75 mm (7-20 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
fruit_width (numerical): 15.25 mm (10-24 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1); drupe (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2); fleshy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006; Wells_2012]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2); indehiscent (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006; Wells_2012]
fruit_colour (categorical): orange (1); yellow (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 2690.03 mm2 (1531.69-5207.11 mm2) [sources: Wells_2012]
leaf_length (numerical): 115 mm (50-180 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 45 mm (20-70 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 141.77 mg (67.9-240.82 mg) [sources: Wells_2012]
petiole_length (numerical): 0.45 cm (0.2-0.7 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 54.69 g/m2 (43.76-66.32 g/m2) [sources: Grubb_2008; Wells_2012]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.31 g/g (0.28-0.36 g/g) [sources: Wells_2012]
leaf_water_content_per_dry_mass (numerical): 1.8 g/g (1.8-1.8 g/g) [sources: Grubb_2008]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); obovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_arrangement (categorical): distichous (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): climber_herbaceous (2); climber_woody (2); shrub (4); tree (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Wells_2012; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
plant_climbing_mechanism (categorical): scrambling (1) [sources: Gallagher_2012]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; Kooyman_2011]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): bee (1) [sources: Wells_2012]
dispersers (categorical): birds (1) [sources: Wells_2012]
flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnyyyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 20 mg/g (20-20 mg/g) [sources: Grubb_2008]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 57.82 mg (57.82-57.82 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 11 mm (10-12 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
seed_width (numerical): 7 mm (6-8 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.6 mg/mm3 (0.49-0.8 mg/mm3) [sources: Wells_2012]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 10 m (10-10 m) [sources: ABRS_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Wells_2012	23	98	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.
ABRS_2023	14	19	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	15	17	L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
Cooper_2013	8	10	W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Kooyman_2011	6	8	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.
ABRS_2022	5	5	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
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.
Gallagher_2012	3	3	R. V. Gallagher and M. R. Leishman. “A global analysis of trait variation and evolution in climbing plants”. Journal of Biogeography 39.10 (2012), pp. 1757-1771. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02773.x.
Grubb_2008	3	3	P. J. Grubb, R. V. Jackson, I. M. Barberis, J. N. Bee, D. A. Coomes, N. J. Dominy, M. A. S. D. L. Fuente, P. W. Lucas, D. J. Metcalfe, J. Svenning, I. M. Turner, and O. Vargas. “Monocot leaves are eaten less than dicot leaves in tropical lowland rain forests: Correlations with toughness and leaf presentation”. Annals of Botany 101 (2008), pp. 1379-1389. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcn047.
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/.
ATRP_2020	1	1	F. 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.
Kew_2019_1	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.