Mischocarpus exangulatus

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Family Sapindaceae

Taxonomy: Mischocarpus exangulatus (F.Muell.) Radlk.

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)

Arytera subnitida C.T.White (taxonomic synonym)
Cupania exangulata (F.Muell.) F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
Ratonia exangulata F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)

Misapplied names: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)

Ratonia lessertiana (Cambess.) Hiern ex Vidal (pro parte misapplied)
Ratonia lessertiana (Cambess.) Hiern ex Vidal (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (1), ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (17), Cheesman_2020 (8), Chen_2017 (5), Cooper_2013 (14), Gross_2005 (4), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kooyman_2011 (8), Metcalfe_2009 (19), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (2). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 52 traits from 90 records in 14 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: Metcalfe_2009]

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): monoecious (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 29 mm (18-40 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
fruit_width (numerical): 12.5 mm (10-15 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (4) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (5) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Metcalfe_2009; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (6) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Metcalfe_2009; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_colour (categorical): orange (1); red (1); yellow (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 7210 mm2 (5780-8640 mm2) [sources: Cheesman_2020; Metcalfe_2009]
leaf_length (numerical): 115 mm (50-180 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 47.5 mm (15-80 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 5 cm (3.5-6.5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 109.3 g/m2 (109.3-109.3 g/m2) [sources: Cheesman_2020]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): obtuse (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1); opposite (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cheesman_2020; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Metcalfe_2009; Wenk_2022]
life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Metcalfe_2009; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; Kooyman_2011]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
root_structure (categorical): mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): bee (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
dispersers (categorical): birds (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
flowering_time (categorical): nnyyyyyyynnn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 10.88 mg/g (10.88-10.88 mg/g) [sources: Cheesman_2020]
leaf_delta13C (numerical): -30.13 {delta}[ppth] (-30.13--30.13 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Cheesman_2020]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 347.48 mg (263-431.96 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Metcalfe_2009]
seed_length (numerical): 17.5 mm (15-20 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
seed_width (numerical): 9 mm (8-10 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.64 mg/mm3 (0.64-0.64 mg/mm3) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 15 m (15-15 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Metcalfe_2009	19	19	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.
ABRS_2023	13	17	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Cooper_2013	11	14	W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Cheesman_2020	8	8	A. W. Cheesman, H. Duff, K. Hill, L. A. Cernusak, and F. A. McInerney. “Isotopic and morphologic proxies for reconstructing light environment and leaf function of fossil leaves: A modern calibration in the Daintree Rainforest, Australia”. American Journal of Botany 107 (2020), pp. 1165-1176. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1523.
Kooyman_2011	6	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.
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.
ABRS_2022	4	4	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
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.
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.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wright_2000	2	2	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.
ABRS_1981	1	1	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/.
Kew_2019_1	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. 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.