Mischocarpus lachnocarpus

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Family Sapindaceae

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

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)

Cupania lachnocarpa (F.Muell.) F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
Ratonia lachnocarpa F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (1), ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (23), Butler_2004 (5), Chen_2017 (5), Cooper_2013 (14), Gross_2005 (4), Grubb_1996 (2), Kanowski_2000 (22), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kooyman_2011 (8), Metcalfe_2009 (18), NHNSW_2014_2 (1), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (21), Sams_2017 (6), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Williams_2012 (3), Wright_2000 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 69 traits from 151 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 (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Williams_2012]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment_absent (1) [sources: Williams_2012]

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): monoecious (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Gross_2005; NHNSW_2022; Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 16 mm (10-20 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 12 mm (5-20 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 11.5 mm (5-20 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (6) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; NHNSW_2023; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (6) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Metcalfe_2009; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (8) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Metcalfe_2009; NHNSW_2023; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_colour (categorical): orange (2); red (1); yellow (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 4345 mm2 (2600-6090 mm2) [sources: Kanowski_2000; Metcalfe_2009]
leaf_length (numerical): 98.75 mm (50-150 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 43.75 mm (20-70 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 2.08 cm (1-4 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 92.85 g/m2 (85.7-100 g/m2) [sources: Kanowski_2000; Sams_2017]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): acute (1); rounded (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1); opposite (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (4); tree (8) [sources: ABRS_2022; Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Grubb_1996; Kooyman_2011; Metcalfe_2009; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Metcalfe_2009; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_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 (2) [sources: Butler_2004; Metcalfe_2009]
dispersers (categorical): birds (1); flying_vertebrates (1); vertebrates (1) [sources: Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Sams_2017]
flowering_time (categorical): yyynnnyyyyyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (1); root_crown (1) [sources: Williams_2012]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 15.04 mg/g (15.04-15.04 mg/g) [sources: Kanowski_2000]
leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.7 mg/g (0.7-0.7 mg/g) [sources: Kanowski_2000]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 49.74 mg (40-78.98 mg) [sources: Grubb_1996; Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 7.5 mm (7-8 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
seed_width (numerical): 5.25 mm (4-6 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; 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): 20 m (20-20 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
ABRS_2023	16	23	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Kanowski_2000	22	22	J. Kanowski. “Ecological determinants of the distribution and abundance of the folivorous marsupials endemic to the rainforests of the Atherton uplands, north Queensland.”. PhD. James Cook University, Townsville, 1999.
NHNSW_2023	13	21	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/.
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.
Cooper_2013	11	14	W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
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.
Sams_2017	6	6	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.
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.
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.
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.
Williams_2012	3	3	P. R. Williams, M. Parsons, R. Jensen, and C. Tran. “Mechanisms of rainforest persistence and recruitment in frequently burnt wet tropical eucalypt forests”. Austral Ecology 37.2 (2012), pp. 268-275. ISSN: 1442-9993. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2011.02271.x.
Grubb_1996	2	2	P. J. Grubb and D. J. Metcalfe. “Adaptation and inertia in the Australian tropical lowland rain-forest flora: Contradictory trends in intergeneric and intrageneric comparisons of seed size in relation to light demand”. Functional Ecology 10 (1996), pp. 512-520. doi: 10.2307/2389944.
Kew_2019_1	1	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
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/.
NHNSW_2014_2	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
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.