Hiptage benghalensis
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Family Malpighiaceae
Taxonomy: Hiptage benghalensis (L.) Kurz
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Banisteria benghalensis L. (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): Qld (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ATRP_2020 (1), Cooper_2013 (10), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 10 traits from 14 records in 4 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 42.5 mm (35-50 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_type (categorical): samara (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): climber_herbaceous (2); climber_woody (1) [sources: ATRP_2020; Cooper_2013; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnyyyynnn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 7 mm (7-7 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooper_2013 | 8 | 10 | W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| ATRP_2020 | 1 | 1 | F. 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. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |