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Flagellaria indica

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Family Flagellariaceae

Taxonomy: Flagellaria indica L.

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Flagellaria indica L. var. indica (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Flagellaria indica var. australiensis Wepfer & H.P.Linder (taxonomic synonym)
  • Flagellaria indica var. bifurcata Wepfer & H.P.Linder (taxonomic synonym)
  • Flagellaria indica var. gracilicaulis F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
  • Flagellaria indica var. minor (Blume ex Schult.f.) Hook.f. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ATRP_2020 (1), Baker_2019 (2), Benwell_2024 (4), Brock_1993 (9), Butler_2004 (5), Cheesman_2020 (12), Clarke_2015 (1), Cooper_2013 (12), Crowley_2007 (2), Fonseca_2000 (9), Gallagher_2012 (3), Kew_2019_1 (6), Kew_2019_6 (1), Kooyman_2011 (12), McCarthy_2017 (7), Metcalfe_2009 (15), NHNSW_2014_2 (5), NHNSW_2016 (1), NHNSW_2022 (2), NHNSW_2023 (6), NTH_2022 (2), Nano_2011 (2), Schmidt_2003 (30), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wells_2012 (55), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (4), eFLOWER_2021 (27), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (33). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 100 traits from 281 records in 32 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): partial_resprouting (1); resprouts (5) [sources: Baker_2019; Benwell_2024; Clarke_2015; Crowley_2007; Metcalfe_2009; Nano_2011]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: Benwell_2024]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • flower_diameter (numerical): 0.5 cm (0.4-0.6 cm) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 6.5 mm (5-8 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 6.5 mm (5-8 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_type (categorical): berry (1); drupe (4) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gallagher_2012; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (5) [sources: Cooper_2013; Metcalfe_2009; Sjostrom_2006; Wells_2012; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): green (1); red (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 4766.71 mm2 (851.01-11200 mm2) [sources: Cheesman_2020; Fonseca_2000; McCarthy_2017; Metcalfe_2009; Wells_2012]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 185 mm (60-400 mm) [sources: Brock_1993; Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 11.6 mm (5-26 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Brock_1993; Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 72.83 mg (27.1-111 mg) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Wells_2012]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 53.84 g/m2 (27.05-68.97 g/m2) [sources: Cheesman_2020; Fonseca_2000; McCarthy_2017; Wells_2012]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.18 g/g (0.05-0.26 g/g) [sources: Schmidt_2003; Wells_2012]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1) [sources: Brock_1993]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: Brock_1993; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Schmidt_2003]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): climber (4); climber_herbaceous (7); climber_woody (3); herb (1) [sources: ATRP_2020; Brock_1993; Butler_2004; Cheesman_2020; Cooper_2013; Fonseca_2000; Kooyman_2011; Metcalfe_2009; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; Schmidt_2003; WAH_2022_2; Wells_2012; Wenk_2022]
  • life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (6) [sources: Brock_1993; Metcalfe_2009; NHNSW_2022; Schmidt_2003; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2); woody (1) [sources: NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • plant_climbing_mechanism (categorical): tendrils (1) [sources: Gallagher_2012]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1); rhizomatous (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; WAH_2022_2]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (3) [sources: Brock_1993; Kooyman_2011; Schmidt_2003]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Schmidt_2003]
  • root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1); mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Schmidt_2003]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): bee (1); beetle (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Wells_2012]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (3) [sources: Butler_2004; Metcalfe_2009; NHNSW_2016]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (1); vertebrates (1) [sources: Butler_2004; Wells_2012]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnyyyyyyy (1); yyyyynnnyyyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): none (1) [sources: Benwell_2024]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): belowground_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; WAH_2023_2]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1); basal_stem_buds (2); bud-bearing_root (2); rhizome (2) [sources: Baker_2019; Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 25.47 mg/g (15.89-31 mg/g) [sources: Cheesman_2020; Schmidt_2003]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -32.66 {delta}[ppth] (-36.76--29.37 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Cheesman_2020; Schmidt_2003]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 47.71 mg (32.63-57 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Metcalfe_2009]
  • seed_length (numerical): 5 mm (4-6 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 4 mm (3-6 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.41 mg/mm3 (0.29-0.6 mg/mm3) [sources: McCarthy_2017; Wells_2012]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Wells_20122255J. 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.
eFLOWER_Dun_20222933L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
Schmidt_20031130S. Schmidt and G. R. Stewart. “d15N values of tropical savanna and monsoon forest species reflect root specialisations and soil nitrogen status”. Oecologia 134 (2003), pp. 569-577. doi: 10.1007/s00442-002-1150-y.
eFLOWER_20212627J. Schönenberger, M. Balthazar, A. L. Martinez, B. Albert, C. Prieu, S. Magallon, and H. Sauquet. “Phylogenetic analysis of fossil flowers using an angiosperm-wide data set: proof-of-concept and challenges ahead”. American Journal of Botany 107.10 (2020), pp. 1433-1448. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1538.
Metcalfe_20091515E. 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.
Cheesman_20201212A. W. Cheesman, H. Duff, K. Hill, L. A. Cernusak, and F. A. McInerney. “Isotopic and morphologic proxies for reconstructing light environment and leaf function of fossil leaves: A modern calibration in the Daintree Rainforest, Australia”. American Journal of Botany 107 (2020), pp. 1165-1176. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1523.
Cooper_2013912W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Kooyman_2011812R. 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.
Brock_199379J. Brock and A. Dunlop. Native plants of northern Australia. Reed New Holland, 1993. ISBN: 9781877069246.
Fonseca_200059C. 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.
McCarthy_201737J. K. McCarthy, J. M. Dwyer, and K. Mokany. “A regional-scale assessment of using metabolic scaling theory to predict ecosystem properties”. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 286.1915 (2019), p. 20192221. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2019.2221.
Kew_2019_116Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NHNSW_202366N. 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/.
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_2014_255Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Benwell_202444A. Benwell. “Fire responses of flora in a sclerophyll-rainforest vegetation complex in the Nightcap Range, North Coast, New South Wales”. Australian Journal of Botany 72.1 (2024). Ed. by D. Williams. ISSN: 1444-9862. doi: 10.1071/bt23049.
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.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wright_200044I. 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.
Gallagher_201233R. V. Gallagher and M. R. Leishman. “A global analysis of trait variation and evolution in climbing plants”. Journal of Biogeography 39.10 (2012), pp. 1757-1771. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02773.x.
Baker_201922A. Baker. “Unpublished data: Post-fire fire-response surveys on the NSW north coast, Southern Cross University”. 2019.
Crowley_200722G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
NHNSW_202222N. 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/.
NTH_202222D. 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/.
Nano_201122C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x.
WAH_2023_222Western 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.
ATRP_202011F. A. Zich, B. P. Hyland, T. Whiffin, and R. A. Kerrigan. Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8. 2020. url: https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/intro/index.html.
Clarke_201511P. 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.
Kew_2019_611Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NHNSW_201611National Herbarium of NSW. Trait measurements for NSW rainforest species from PLantNET. 2016. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.