Ficus septica

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Family Moraceae

Taxonomy: Ficus septica Burm.f.

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)

Ficus casearia F.Muell. ex Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
Ficus septica Burm.f. var. septica (nomenclatural synonym)
Ficus septica var. cauliflora Corner (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (1), ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (19), Apgaua_2017 (12), Chen_2017 (4), Cooper_2013 (11), Gross_2005 (4), Grubb_1996 (2), Kanowski_2000 (24), Kooyman_2011 (11), Metcalfe_2009 (18), Sjostrom_2006 (3), Wells_2012 (110), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 85 traits from 226 records in 16 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 (2) [sources: Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 19.5 mm (15-24 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
fruit_width (numerical): 19.5 mm (15-24 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
fruit_height (numerical): 19.5 mm (15-24 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): syconium (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1); fleshy (5) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Metcalfe_2009; Sjostrom_2006; Wells_2012]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (4) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1); cream (1); green (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 6520.45 mm2 (2183.3-10500 mm2) [sources: Kanowski_2000; Metcalfe_2009; Wells_2012]
leaf_length (numerical): 152.5 mm (80-250 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
leaf_width (numerical): 47.5 mm (40-70 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 191.06 mg (34.84-517.7 mg) [sources: Wells_2012]
petiole_length (numerical): 3.5 cm (2-5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 117.39 g/m2 (15.23-202.02 g/m2) [sources: Kanowski_2000; Wells_2012]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.19 g/g (0.14-0.25 g/g) [sources: Wells_2012]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); oblong (1); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (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); opposite (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (3); tree (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; Apgaua_2017; Cooper_2013; Grubb_1996; Kooyman_2011; Metcalfe_2009; Wells_2012; Wenk_2022]
life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Metcalfe_2009; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; Kooyman_2011]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
root_structure (categorical): mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): bee (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Wells_2012]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
dispersers (categorical): bats (1); birds (2); mammals (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; Wells_2012]
seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): short_persistent (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 24.6 mg/g (24.6-24.6 mg/g) [sources: Kanowski_2000]
leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 1.87 mg/g (1.87-1.87 mg/g) [sources: Kanowski_2000]
leaf_delta13C (numerical): -30.34 {delta}[ppth] (-30.34--30.34 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Apgaua_2017]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.21 mg (0.21-0.21 mg) [sources: Grubb_1996]
seed_length (numerical): 1 mm (1-1 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
seed_width (numerical): 1 mm (1-1 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.39 mg/mm3 (0.21-0.53 mg/mm3) [sources: Apgaua_2017; Metcalfe_2009; Wells_2012]
stem_vessel_density (numerical): 8.37 {count}/mm2 (8.37-8.37 {count}/mm2) [sources: Apgaua_2017]
stem_vessel_diameter (numerical): 133.06 um (133.06-133.06 um) [sources: Apgaua_2017]
stem_vessel_lumen_fraction (numerical): 0.11 mm2/mm2 (0.11-0.11 mm2/mm2) [sources: Apgaua_2017]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 15 m (15-15 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Wells_2012	22	110	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.
Kanowski_2000	24	24	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.
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.
Metcalfe_2009	18	18	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.
Apgaua_2017	11	12	D. M. G. Apgaua, D. Y. P. Tng, L. A. Cernusak, A. W. Cheesman, R. M. Santos, W. J. Edwards, and S. G. W. Laurance. “Plant functional groups within a tropical forest exhibit different wood functional anatomy”. Functional Ecology 31.3 (2017), pp. 582-591. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12787.
Cooper_2013	9	11	W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Kooyman_2011	8	11	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.
Chen_2017	4	4	Chen, S.-C., Cornwell, W., Z. H.-X., Moles, and A. T. “Plants show more flesh in the tropics: Variation in fruit type along latitudinal and climatic gradients.”. Ecography 40 (2017), pp. 531-538. doi: abs/10.1111/ecog.02010.
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.
ABRS_2022	3	3	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	3	3	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.
Grubb_1996	2	2	P. J. Grubb and D. J. Metcalfe. “Adaptation and inertia in the Australian tropical lowland rain-forest flora: Contradictory trends in intergeneric and intrageneric comparisons of seed size in relation to light demand”. Functional Ecology 10 (1996), pp. 512-520. doi: 10.2307/2389944.
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/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
Wright_2000	1	1	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.