Huberantha nitidissima

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Family Annonaceae

Taxonomy: Huberantha nitidissima (Dunal) Chaowasku

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)

Hubera nitidissima (Dunal) Chaowasku (nomenclatural synonym)
Polyalthia nitidissima (Dunal) Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)
Unona fulgens Labill. (taxonomic synonym)
Unona nitens F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Unona nitidissima Dunal (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): NT, Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (3), ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (11), Butler_2004 (5), Chen_2017 (5), Cooper_2013 (15), Crowley_2007 (2), Gross_2005 (4), Ilic_2000 (1), Kooyman_2011 (8), McCarthy_2017 (2), Metcalfe_2009 (18), NHNSW_2014_2 (10), NHNSW_2024 (9), NSWFRD_2014 (4), NTH_2014 (3), NTH_2022 (4), NTH_2023 (14), Nano_2011 (2), RBGK_2014 (1), RadfordSmith_2024 (45), RussellSmith_2012 (4), Sams_2017 (5), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (16). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 71 traits from 202 records in 28 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 (5) [sources: Crowley_2007; Metcalfe_2009; NSWFRD_2014; Nano_2011; RussellSmith_2012]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2) [sources: Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 11 mm (8-14 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
fruit_width (numerical): 7.5 mm (6-9 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
fruit_type (categorical): berry (6) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; RadfordSmith_2024; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (6) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Metcalfe_2009; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (5) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 3263.15 mm2 (1492.15-5040 mm2) [sources: McCarthy_2017; Metcalfe_2009; RadfordSmith_2024]
leaf_length (numerical): 83.5 mm (30-145 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 35.4 mm (10-60 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 219.5 mg (157.38-317.65 mg) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
petiole_length (numerical): 0.38 cm (0.2-0.6 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 84.55 g/m2 (71.83-120.08 g/m2) [sources: McCarthy_2017; RadfordSmith_2024; Sams_2017]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.47 g/g (0.44-0.49 g/g) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (3); lanceolate (2); narrowly_elliptical (1); narrowly_oblong (1); oblanceolate (1); oblong (1); obovate (1); ovate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): acute (1); cuneate (1); rounded (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (4) [sources: ABRS_1981; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2; NTH_2014]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (5); tree (7) [sources: ABRS_2022; Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Metcalfe_2009; NSWFRD_2014; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Metcalfe_2009; NTH_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1); prostrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NTH_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (3) [sources: ABRS_1981; Kooyman_2011; RadfordSmith_2024]
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 (3) [sources: Butler_2004; Metcalfe_2009; RadfordSmith_2024]
dispersers (categorical): birds (1); flying_vertebrates (1); vertebrates (1) [sources: Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Sams_2017]
flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnny (2); yyynnnnnnnny (1); yyynnnnnnnyy (2); yyyyyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: ABRS_1981; Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; NTH_2014]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; RussellSmith_2012]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (2); bud-bearing_root (2); rhizome (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 823.5 mg (147-1500 mg) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; RBGK_2014]
seed_length (numerical): 6.5 mm (6-7 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NTH_2023]
seed_width (numerical): 5.25 mm (5-6 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; NTH_2023]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.49 mg/mm3 (0.45-0.58 mg/mm3) [sources: Ilic_2000; Kooyman_2011; Metcalfe_2009; RadfordSmith_2024]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 13.33 m (10-18 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NTH_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
RadfordSmith_2024	14	45	J. Radford-Smith, H. R. Lai, E. C. Weeren, and J. M. Dwyer. “A Functional Basis for the Assembly of Australian Subtropical Rainforest Tree Communities”. Ecology Letters 27.11 (2024). ISSN: 1461-0248. doi: 10.1111/ele.70014.
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.
eFLOWER_Dun_2022	13	16	L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
Cooper_2013	12	15	W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
NTH_2023	9	14	D. 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/.
ABRS_2023	8	11	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2014_2	8	10	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2024	6	9	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on December, 2023.. 2024. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Kooyman_2011	7	8	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.
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.
Chen_2017	5	5	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.
Sams_2017	5	5	M. A. Sams, H. R. Lai, S. P. Bonser, P. A. Vesk, R. M. Kooyman, D. J. Metcalfe, J. W. Morgan, and M. M. Mayfield. “Landscape context explains changes in the functional diversity of regenerating forests better than climate or species richness”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 26.10 (2017), pp. 1165-1176. doi: 10.1111/geb.12627.
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.
NSWFRD_2014	4	4	B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
NTH_2022	4	4	D. 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/.
RussellSmith_2012	4	4	J. Russell-Smith, M. R. Gardener, C. Brock, K. Brennan, C. P. Yates, and B. Grace. “Fire persistence traits can be used to predict vegetation response to changing fire regimes at expansive landscape scales - an Australian example”. Journal of Biogeography 39 (2012), pp. 1657-1668. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02714.x.
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.
ABRS_1981	3	3	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/.
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.
NTH_2014	3	3	Northern Territory Herbarium. Flora of the Darwin Region Online. 2014. url: http://www.lrm.nt.gov.au/plants-and-animals/herbarium/darwin_flora_online.
Crowley_2007	2	2	G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
McCarthy_2017	2	2	J. 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.
Nano_2011	2	2	C. 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.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Ilic_2000	1	1	J. Ilic, D. Boland, M. McDonald, D. G, and P. Blakemore. Woody density phase 1 - State of knowledge. National Carbon Accounting System. Technical Report 18. Tech. rep. Australian Greenhouse Office, Canberra, Australia, 2000.
RBGK_2014	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID). 2014. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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.