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Diospyros mabacea

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Family Ebenaceae

Taxonomy: Diospyros mabacea (F.Muell.) F.Muell.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Cargillia mabacea F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (4), Cooper_2013 (12), Kooyman_2011 (14), NHNSW_2014_2 (1), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (18), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 29 traits from 60 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.

flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): dioecious (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 30 mm (20-45 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 25 mm (20-30 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 25 mm (20-30 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): berry (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): red (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 105 mm (60-150 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 38.75 mm (20-55 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.45 cm (0.2-0.7 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); oblanceolate (1); oblong (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (4) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnynnn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 245.15 mg (205.32-316.47 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019]
  • seed_length (numerical): 18 mm (15-20 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 6 mm (5-7 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 25 m (25-25 m) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NHNSW_20231218N. 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/.
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.
Cooper_20131012W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
ANBG_201914Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
NHNSW_202244N. 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/.
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.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
NHNSW_2014_211Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.