Malaisia scandens

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Family Moraceae

Taxonomy: Malaisia scandens (Lour.) Planch.

Synonyms: 14 (APC 2026-07-30)

Caturus acuminatus (Planch.) Seem. (taxonomic synonym)
Caturus cunninghami Seem. (taxonomic synonym)
Caturus cunninghamii (Planch.) Seem. (taxonomic synonym)
Caturus scandens Lour. (nomenclatural synonym)
Caturus virescens Seem. (taxonomic synonym)
Caturus viridescens (Planch.) Seem. (taxonomic synonym)
Malaisia acuminata Planch. (taxonomic synonym)
Malaisia cunninghamii Planch. (taxonomic synonym)
Malaisia tortuosa Blanco (taxonomic synonym)
Malaisia tortuosa Blanco var. tortuosa (taxonomic synonym)
Malaisia tortuosa var. acuminata (Planch.) Bureau (taxonomic synonym)
Malaisia tortuosa var. viridescens (Planch.) Bureau (taxonomic synonym)
Malaisia viridescens Planch. (taxonomic synonym)
Trophis scandens (Lour.) Hook. & Arn. (nomenclatural synonym)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Apgaua_2017 (12), BRAIN_2007 (1), Benwell_2024 (4), Brock_1993 (10), Cooper_2013 (13), Fonseca_2000 (4), Ilic_2000 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (13), NTH_2014 (3), NTH_2022 (5), NTH_2023 (17), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (5), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (11). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 56 traits from 119 records in 21 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 (1) [sources: Benwell_2024]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment_absent (1) [sources: Benwell_2024]

flower morphology

flower_diameter (numerical): 0.11 cm (0.1-0.15 cm) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
sex_type (categorical): dioecious (2) [sources: NTH_2022; Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 7.5 mm (5-10 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 5.88 mm (5-7.5 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NTH_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): achene (1); berry (1); drupe (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_colour (categorical): red (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 2333.9 mm2 (2333.9-2333.9 mm2) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
leaf_length (numerical): 82.5 mm (30-155 mm) [sources: Brock_1993; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 42.62 mm (15-80 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Brock_1993; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 413 mg (413-413 mg) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
petiole_length (numerical): 0.7 cm (0.2-1.3 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 175.44 g/m2 (175.44-175.44 g/m2) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (3); oblong (2); ovate (2) [sources: Brock_1993; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (1); cuneate (1); rounded (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2); toothed (1); toothed_dentate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: Brock_1993; NHNSW_2014_2; NTH_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NTH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): climber (1); climber_herbaceous (1); climber_woody (4); shrub (4); tree (2) [sources: Apgaua_2017; Brock_1993; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: Brock_1993; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: Brock_1993; NTH_2014]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (1) [sources: BRAIN_2007]
dispersers (categorical): birds (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnyyn (1); yynnnnnnyyyy (1); yyynnnnnnnyy (1); yyyynnnnnnnn (1); yyyyynnnyyyy (1) [sources: Brock_1993; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2; NTH_2014; WAH_1998]
seedbank_location (categorical): none (1) [sources: Benwell_2024]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_delta13C (numerical): -30.61 {delta}[ppth] (-30.61--30.61 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Apgaua_2017]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 8 mm (8-8 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.61 mg/mm3 (0.55-0.66 mg/mm3) [sources: Apgaua_2017; Ilic_2000]
stem_vessel_density (numerical): 42.96 {count}/mm2 (42.96-42.96 {count}/mm2) [sources: Apgaua_2017]
stem_vessel_diameter (numerical): 83.81 um (83.81-83.81 um) [sources: Apgaua_2017]
stem_vessel_lumen_fraction (numerical): 0.24 mm2/mm2 (0.24-0.24 mm2/mm2) [sources: Apgaua_2017]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 6 m (2-10 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
NTH_2023	12	17	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/.
Cooper_2013	10	13	W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
NHNSW_2023	9	13	N. 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/.
Apgaua_2017	11	12	D. 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.
eFLOWER_Dun_2022	7	11	L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
Brock_1993	8	10	J. Brock and A. Dunlop. Native plants of northern Australia. Reed New Holland, 1993. ISBN: 9781877069246.
NTH_2022	5	5	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/.
Wright_2000	5	5	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.
Benwell_2024	4	4	A. 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.
Fonseca_2000	4	4	C. 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.
NHNSW_2022	4	4	N. 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/.
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.
NHNSW_2014_2	3	3	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.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.
WAH_2022_2	3	3	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_2	1	2	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
BRAIN_2007	1	1	Brisbane Rainforest Action & Information Network. Trait measurements for Australian rainforest species. 2016. url: http://www.brisrain.org.au/.
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.
WAH_1998	1	1	Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.