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Dodonaea viscosa

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Family Sapindaceae

Taxonomy: Dodonaea viscosa Jacq.

Synonyms: 7 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Dodonaea dioeca Roxb. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Dodonaea neriifolia A.Gray (taxonomic synonym)
  • Dodonaea ovata Dum.Cours. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Dodonaea scabra Loudon (taxonomic synonym)
  • Dodonaea schiedeana Schltdl. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Dodonaea viscosa f. schiedeana (Schltdl.) Radlk. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Ptelea viscosa L. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, CoI, ChI, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, LHI, NI, ACT, Vic, Tas

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, NT eFlora, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (1), ABRS_2022 (5), ABRS_2023 (18), ANBG_2019 (7), Barrett_2009 (8), Burrows_2008_2 (5), Burrows_2020 (5), Chen_2017 (5), Clarke_2009 (5), Clarke_2015 (6), Collette_2021 (1), Cooper_2013 (12), Draper_2023 (4), Fonseca_2000 (21), Jordan_2001 (7), Jordan_2007 (8), Jurado_1991 (6), Kew_2019_1 (42), Kew_2019_2 (2), Kew_2019_4 (3), Kew_2019_5 (1), McGlone_2015 (6), Mokany_2015 (1), Morgan_2005 (1), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (17), NSWFRD_2014 (6), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (18), Nicholson_2017 (3), Pate_1998 (6), RBGV_2022 (5), RBGV_2023 (19), RussellSmith_2012 (4), SAH_2014 (4), SAH_2022 (5), SAH_2023 (18), Shedley_2007 (20), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stewart_1995 (6), Sweedman_2006 (4), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_1 (3), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Westoby_2014 (3), Wheeler_2002 (10), White_2020 (18), Wright_2000 (9), Yang_2023 (4), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (24). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 97 traits from 409 records in 55 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 (12); partial_resprouting (1); resprouts (3) [sources: Barrett_2009; Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Clarke_2009; Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014; Nicholson_2017; RussellSmith_2012; Shedley_2007; Yang_2023]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (10) [sources: Barrett_2009; Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014; Shedley_2007; Yang_2023]
  • fire_time_from_fire_to_flowering (numerical): 48 mo (48-48 mo) [sources: Burrows_2020]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): green (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): dioecious (4); hermaphrodite (1); monoecious (1); polygamodioecious (1); trioecious (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Draper_2023; Jordan_2001; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 17.45 mm (5-28 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 19.5 mm (11-28 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 19.5 mm (11-28 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (8); samara (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (5) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (8); indehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 787.61 mm2 (19.6-4712.39 mm2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Jordan_2007; Jurado_1991; Mokany_2015]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 76.56 mm (10-155 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2014; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 11.05 mm (1-40 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000; McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2014; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 27.8 mg (6-59 mg) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.29 cm (0.1-2 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 180.36 g/m2 (108-294.12 g/m2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Jordan_2007]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: Stewart_1995]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); linear (5); oblanceolate (1); obovate (5); obtriangular (2); spathulate (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (2); cuneate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (6); toothed (2); toothed_dentate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (6) [sources: ABRS_2023; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (3); cam (1) [sources: Munroe_2019; Pate_1998; Stewart_1995; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (22); tree (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; Barrett_2009; Clarke_2009; Cooper_2013; Fonseca_2000; Jurado_1991; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; NTH_2022; Pate_1998; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Shedley_2007; Stewart_1995; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; Wheeler_2002; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (13) [sources: ABRS_2022; Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Jordan_2001; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; Pate_1998; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (8) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (4); spreading (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (3) [sources: ABRS_1981; Jordan_2007; Stewart_1995]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (3) [sources: Pate_1998; Stewart_1995; White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (1); wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • reproductive_maturity (numerical): 4 a (4-4 a) [sources: Burrows_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (2); zoochory (2) [sources: Draper_2023; Kew_2019_5; White_2020; Yang_2023]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (1); wind (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020; Yang_2023]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyy (1); nnnnnyyynnnn (1); yynnyyyyyyyy (1); yyyyyynnnnnn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2; WAH_1998; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (8) [sources: Barrett_2009; Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Shedley_2007]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (2) [sources: RussellSmith_2012; White_2020]
  • seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physical_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1); basal_stem_buds (3); none (2) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Clarke_2009; Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -25.79 {delta}[ppth] (-26.71--24.87 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Pate_1998; Stewart_1995]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 6.31 mg (3.1-15.94 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Jurado_1991; Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 4.47 mm (2-10 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Jordan_2001; Cooper_2013; RBGV_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1.64 mm (1-2.29 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Jordan_2001]
  • seed_shape (categorical): lenticular (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.84 mg/mm3 (0.83-0.86 mg/mm3) [sources: Westoby_2014]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 4.53 m (0.5-8 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2; Wheeler_2002]
  • plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Kew_2019_1142Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
eFLOWER_Dun_20221824L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
Fonseca_2000521C. R. Fonseca, J. M. Overton, B. Collins, and M. Westoby. “Shifts in trait-combinations along rainfall and phosphorus gradients”. Journal of Ecology 88 (2000), pp. 964-977. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00506.x.
Shedley_2007520E. F. Shedley. Fire and Biodiversity Guidelines for the Avon Basin: Consultant Report to the Avon Catchment Council and the Department of Environment and Conservation, August 2007. Tech. rep. Department of Environment and Conservation, Western Australia, 2007.
RBGV_20231419VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
ABRS_20231318Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NTH_2023818D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
SAH_20231318S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
White_20201818M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
NHNSW_20231317N. 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_2013912W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Wheeler_2002810J. R. Wheeler, N. G. Marchant, and M. Lewington. Flora of the south west: Bunbury, Augusta, Denmark. Australian Biological Resources Study ; University of Western Australia Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780642568168.
Wright_200099I. 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.
Barrett_200948S. Barrett, S. Comer, N. McQuoid, M. Porter, C. Tiller, and D. Utber. Identification and Conservation of Fire Sensitive Ecosystems and Species of the South Coast Natural Resource Management Region.. government. Department of Conservation and Land Management, South Coast Region, Western Australia, 2009.
Jordan_200788G. J. Jordan. “Unpublished data: Leaf traits for Tasmanian species, University of Tasmania”. 2007.
ANBG_201947Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Jordan_200177G. J. Jordan. “An investigation of long-distance dispersal based on species native to both Tasmania and New Zealand”. Australian Journal of Botany 49.3 (2001), pp. 333-340. doi: 10.1071/bt00024.
Clarke_201536P. 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.
Jurado_199166E. Jurado. “Diaspore weight, dispersal, growth form and perenniality of central Australian plants”. Journal of Ecology 79 (1991), pp. 811-828.
McGlone_201566M. S. McGlone, S. J. Richardson, G. J. Jordan, and G. L. Perry. “Is there a `suboptimal' woody species height? A response to Scheffer et al.”. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 30.1 (2015), pp. 4-5. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.09.007.
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Clarke_200935P. J. Clarke, K. J. E. Knox, M. L. Campbell, and L. M. Copeland. “Post-fire recovery of woody plants in the New England Tableland Bioregion”. Cunninghamia 11 (2009), pp. 221-239. doi: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/4907.
RBGV_202255VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_202255S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
Draper_202344J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
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RussellSmith_201244J. Russell-Smith, M. R. Gardener, C. Brock, K. Brennan, C. P. Yates, and B. Grace. “Fire persistence traits can be used to predict vegetation response to changing fire regimes at expansive landscape scales - an Australian example”. Journal of Biogeography 39 (2012), pp. 1657-1668. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02714.x.
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Kew_2019_413Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Oil content data from Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NTH_202233D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
Nicholson_201723A. Nicholson, L. D. Prior, G. L. W. Perry, and D. M. J. S. Bowman. “High post-fire mortality of resprouting woody plants in Tasmanian Mediterranean-type vegetation”. International Journal of Wildland Fire 26 (2017), pp. 532-537. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF16211.
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Kew_2019_212Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NHNSW_2014_222Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_212Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
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Kew_2019_511Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed dispersal data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Mokany_201511K. Mokany, J. J. Thomson, A. J. J. Lynch, G. J. Jordan, and S. Ferrier. “Linking changes in community composition and function under climate change”. Ecological Applications 25.8 (2015), pp. 2132-2141. doi: 10.1890/14-2384.1.
Morgan_200511H. Morgan. “Root system architecture, water use and rainfall responses of perennial species”. PhD. Macquarie University, 2005.
Munroe_201911S. E. M. Munroe, F. A. McInerney, J. Andrae, N. Welti, G. R. Guerin, E. Leitch, T. Hall, S. Szarvas, R. Atkins, S. Caddy-Retalic, and B. Sparrow. “The Photosynthetic Pathways of Plant Species Surveyed in Australia's National Terrestrial Monitoring Network”. Scientific Data 8 (2021), p. 97. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00877-z.
WAH_199811Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
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