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Macaranga tanarius

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Family Euphorbiaceae

Taxonomy: Macaranga tanarius (L.) Müll.Arg.

Synonyms: 10 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Macaranga tanaria (orthographic variant)
  • Macaranga tanaria var. glabra F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Macaranga tanarius var. genuina Müll.Arg. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Macaranga tanarius var. glabra F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Macaranga tanarius var. tomentosa (Blume) Müll.Arg. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Macaranga tomentosa (Blume) Druce (taxonomic synonym)
  • Mappa tanaria Baill. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Mappa tanarius (L.) Blume (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Mappa tomentosa Blume (taxonomic synonym)
  • Ricinus tanarius L. (nomenclatural synonym)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Apgaua_2017 (12), Baker_2019 (1), Benwell_2024 (4), Butler_2004 (5), Cooper_2013 (13), Crowley_2007 (2), Falster_2005_1 (7), Gross_2005 (4), Ilic_2000 (1), Kew_2019_1 (3), Kew_2019_5 (1), Kooyman_2011 (11), Lusk_2010 (18), Metcalfe_2009 (19), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (12), NTH_2014 (4), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (17), Nano_2011 (2), RussellSmith_2012 (4), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wells_2012 (99), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Westoby_2014 (32), Wright_2000 (5). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 108 traits from 292 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): fire_killed (1); resprouts (4) [sources: Benwell_2024; Crowley_2007; Metcalfe_2009; Nano_2011; RussellSmith_2012]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (2) [sources: Baker_2019; Benwell_2024]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): green (1); white_cream (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): dioecious (3) [sources: Gross_2005; NHNSW_2022; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 5.75 mm (5-7 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 8.83 mm (6-13 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 8.5 mm (8-9 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (4) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (5) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Metcalfe_2009; Sjostrom_2006; Wells_2012]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (4) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006; Wells_2012]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): green (1); yellow (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 45200.63 mm2 (1928.74-133500 mm2) [sources: Falster_2005_1; Metcalfe_2009; Wells_2012; Westoby_2014]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 156.67 mm (40-500 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 137.83 mm (25-445 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 1351.64 mg (81.75-2613.3 mg) [sources: Wells_2012]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 19 cm (5-33 cm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 70.9 g/m2 (33.6-104 g/m2) [sources: Falster_2005_1; Lusk_2010; Wells_2012; Westoby_2014]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.33 g/g (0.26-0.37 g/g) [sources: Lusk_2010; Wells_2012]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): orbicular (2); ovate (2); peltate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2; NTH_2014]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (5); tree (8) [sources: Apgaua_2017; Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Metcalfe_2009; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; Wells_2012; Wenk_2022]
  • life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NTH_2014]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • root_structure (categorical): mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): wind (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Wells_2012]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1); endozoochory (1); zoochory (1) [sources: Butler_2004; Kew_2019_5; Metcalfe_2009]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (2); passive (1) [sources: Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Wells_2012]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyynn (1); yyynnyyyyyyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NTH_2014]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (2) [sources: Benwell_2024; Metcalfe_2009]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1); short_persistent (1) [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]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 20.42 mg/g (20.34-20.5 mg/g) [sources: Falster_2005_1; Westoby_2014]
  • leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 1.33 mg/g (1.33-1.33 mg/g) [sources: Westoby_2014]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -27.83 {delta}[ppth] (-30.59--25.06 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Apgaua_2017; Westoby_2014]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 25.89 mg (16.54-44.3 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Metcalfe_2009]
  • seed_length (numerical): 4.5 mm (4-5 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 4.25 mm (4-5 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_shape (categorical): globoid (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.43 mg/mm3 (0.28-0.52 mg/mm3) [sources: Apgaua_2017; Falster_2005_1; Ilic_2000; Kooyman_2011; Metcalfe_2009; Wells_2012; Westoby_2014]
  • huber_value (numerical): 0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf} (0-0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf}) [sources: Falster_2005_1; Westoby_2014]
  • stem_vessel_density (numerical): 12.55 {count}/mm2 (12.55-12.55 {count}/mm2) [sources: Apgaua_2017]
  • stem_vessel_diameter (numerical): 126.3 um (126.3-126.3 um) [sources: Apgaua_2017]
  • stem_vessel_lumen_fraction (numerical): 0.16 mm2/mm2 (0.16-0.16 mm2/mm2) [sources: Apgaua_2017]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Wells_20122399J. 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.
Westoby_20143032S. M. Gleason, D. W. Butler, K. Zieminska, P. Waryszak, and M. Westoby. “Stem xylem conductivity is key to plant water balance across Australian angiosperm species”. Functional Ecology 26 (2012), pp. 343-352. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.01962.x.
Metcalfe_20091919E. 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.
Lusk_2010918C. H. Lusk, Y. Onoda, R. Kooyman, and A. Gutiurrez-Giron. “Reconciling species-level vs plastic responses of evergreen leaf structure to light gradients: shade leaves punch above their weight”. New Phytologist 186.2 (2010), pp. 429-438. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03202.x.
NTH_20231317D. 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/.
Cooper_20131113W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Apgaua_20171112D. 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.
NHNSW_20231012N. 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/.
Kooyman_2011911R. 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.
Falster_2005_167D. S. Falster and M. Westoby. “Alternative height strategies among 45 dicot rain forest species from tropical Queensland, Australia”. Journal of Ecology 93 (2005), pp. 521-535. doi: 10.1111/j.0022-0477.2005.00992.x.
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.
Wright_200055I. 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.
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.
Gross_200544C. 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.
NHNSW_202244N. 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_201444Northern Territory Herbarium. Flora of the Darwin Region Online. 2014. url: http://www.lrm.nt.gov.au/plants-and-animals/herbarium/darwin_flora_online.
RussellSmith_201244J. 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_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.
Kew_2019_113Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NTH_202233D. 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/.
Crowley_200722G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
NHNSW_2014_222Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.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.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Baker_201911A. Baker. “Unpublished data: Post-fire fire-response surveys on the NSW north coast, Southern Cross University”. 2019.
Ilic_200011J. 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.
Kew_2019_511Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed dispersal data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.