AusTraits

Diospyros yandina

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Family Ebenaceae

Taxonomy: Diospyros yandina Jessup

Synonyms: 8 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Diospyros ellipticifolia f. australiensis Bakh. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Diospyros ellipticifolia var. ebenus (Spreng.) Bakh. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Diospyros major f. australiensis Bakh. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Diospyros major var. ebenus (Spreng.) Bakh. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Diospyros sp. (Blackall Range C.T.White AQ183530) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Diospyros sp. 1 (taxonomic synonym)
  • Diospyros sp. Blackall Range (C.T.White AQ183530) Qld Herbarium (taxonomic synonym)
  • Maba ebenus Spreng. (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Diospyros elliptica (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) P.S.Green (misapplied)
  • Diospyros ellipticifolia Bakh. (misapplied)
  • Diospyros major (G.Forst.) Bakh. (misapplied)
  • Maba sericocarpa F.Muell. (pro parte misapplied)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Butler_2004 (5), Cooper_2013 (9), Kooyman_2011 (14), NHNSW_2014_2 (1), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (12), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 28 traits from 48 records in 8 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 (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 12.5 mm (10-15 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_type (categorical): berry (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1); yellow (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 67.5 mm (40-120 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 30 mm (20-40 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.2 cm (0.1-0.3 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (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): shrub (2); tree (4) [sources: Butler_2004; 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]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (1) [sources: Butler_2004]
  • dispersers (categorical): vertebrates (1) [sources: Butler_2004]
  • flowering_time (categorical): ynnnnnnnnnnn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 6.5 mm (5-8 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 4.25 mm (4-5 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 6 m (6-6 m) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
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.
NHNSW_2023912N. 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/.
Cooper_201389W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Butler_200455D. 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.
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/.
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.