Dysoxylum mollissimum subsp. molle

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Family Meliaceae

Taxonomy: Dysoxylum mollissimum subsp. molle (Miq.) Mabb.

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)

Alliaria muelleri (Benth.) Kuntze (taxonomic synonym)
Dysoxylon muelleri Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
Dysoxylum molle Miq. (nomenclatural synonym)
Dysoxylum mollissimum subsp. (Tolga Scrub V.K.Moriarty 1939) (taxonomic synonym)
Dysoxylum muelleri Benth. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (22), Butler_2004 (5), Gross_2005 (4), Kanowski_2000 (21), Metcalfe_2009 (19), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (21), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (4), Zanne_2009 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 63 traits from 111 records in 13 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): resprouts (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): dioecious (1); hermaphrodite (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 17.5 mm (15-20 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 18.75 mm (15-25 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 18.75 mm (15-25 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Gross_2005; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (3) [sources: Gross_2005; Metcalfe_2009; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; Gross_2005; Metcalfe_2009; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_colour (categorical): brown (2); red (1); white (1); yellow (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 4230 mm2 (2700-5760 mm2) [sources: Kanowski_2000; Metcalfe_2009]
leaf_length (numerical): 273.75 mm (30-950 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 37.5 mm (20-60 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 8 cm (5-12 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 130.21 g/m2 (130.21-130.21 g/m2) [sources: Kanowski_2000]
leaf_shape (categorical): oblong (1); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): oblique (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_arrangement (categorical): spiral (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; Butler_2004; Metcalfe_2009; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Metcalfe_2009; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
root_structure (categorical): mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): beetle (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (2) [sources: Butler_2004; Metcalfe_2009]
dispersers (categorical): vertebrates (1) [sources: Butler_2004]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 31.31 mg/g (31.31-31.31 mg/g) [sources: Kanowski_2000]
leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 2.67 mg/g (2.67-2.67 mg/g) [sources: Kanowski_2000]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 130 mg (130-130 mg) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
seed_length (numerical): 12 mm (12-12 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
seed_width (numerical): 6 mm (6-6 mm) [sources: Butler_2004]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.62 mg/mm3 (0.62-0.63 mg/mm3) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Zanne_2009]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 35 m (35-35 m) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
ABRS_2023	15	22	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Kanowski_2000	21	21	J. Kanowski. “Ecological determinants of the distribution and abundance of the folivorous marsupials endemic to the rainforests of the Atherton uplands, north Queensland.”. PhD. James Cook University, Townsville, 1999.
NHNSW_2023	13	21	N. 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/.
Metcalfe_2009	19	19	E. Laliberte, J. A. Wells, F. DeClerck, D. J. Metcalfe, C. P. Catterall, C. Queiroz, I. Aubin, S. P. Bonser, Y. Ding, J. M. Fraterrigo, S. McNamara, J. W. Morgan, D. S. Merlos, P. A. Vesk, and M. M. Mayfield. “Land-use intensification reduces functional redundancy and response diversity in plant communities”. Ecology Letters 13.1 (2010), pp. 76-86. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01403.x.
Butler_2004	5	5	D. 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.
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.
Gross_2005	4	4	C. L. Gross. “A comparison of the sexual systems in the trees from the Australian tropics with other tropical biomes-more monoecy but why?”. American Journal of Botany 92.6 (2005), pp. 907-919. doi: 10.3732/ajb.92.6.907.
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.
Wright_2000	4	4	I. 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.
NHNSW_2022	3	3	N. 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_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
Zanne_2009	1	1	A. E. Zanne, G. Lopez-Gonzalez, D. A. Coomes, J. Ilic, S. Jansen, S. L. Lewis, R. B. Miller, N. G. Swenson, M. C. Wiemann, and J. Chave. “Data from: Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum”. Dryad Digital Repository (2009). doi: 10.5061/dryad.234.