AusTraits

Hovenia dulcis

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Family Rhamnaceae

Taxonomy: Hovenia dulcis Thunb.

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

Distribution (APC): Qld (doubtfully naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (19), NHNSW_2014_2 (1), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (21), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 21 traits from 50 records in 7 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 5.5 mm (3-8 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 4.5 mm (3-6 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 4.5 mm (3-6 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1); green (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 100 mm (50-150 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 63.75 mm (30-100 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 3.5 cm (1-6 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): ovate (1); widely_ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (1); oblique (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 4.5 mm (4-5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 8.75 m (5-10 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NHNSW_20231521N. 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/.
ABRS_20231319Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
ABRS_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_202233N. 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_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
NHNSW_2014_211Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.