AusTraits

Myristica insipida var. insipida

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Family Myristicaceae

Taxonomy: Myristica insipida R.Br. var. insipida

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (2), ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (15), NTH_2014 (13), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 20 traits from 37 records in 6 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): dioecious (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 31.5 mm (25-38 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 18.5 mm (17-20 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 125 mm (50-200 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2014]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 45 mm (20-70 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2014]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); lanceolate (1); narrowly_ovate (1); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2014]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): acute (1); obtuse (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2014]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): deciduous (1); evergreen (1) [sources: ABRS_1981; NTH_2014]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnyynnnnnn (1); yyyyyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: ABRS_1981; NTH_2014]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 22.5 mm (20-25 mm) [sources: NTH_2014]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2014]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 20 m (20-20 m) [sources: NTH_2014]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231115Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NTH_20141013Northern Territory Herbarium. Flora of the Darwin Region Online. 2014. url: http://www.lrm.nt.gov.au/plants-and-animals/herbarium/darwin_flora_online.
ABRS_202244Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
ABRS_198122B. 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/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.