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Ochrosia elliptica

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Family Apocynaceae

Taxonomy: Ochrosia elliptica Labill.

Synonyms: 8 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Bleekeria calocarpa Hassk. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Bleekeria elliptica (Labill.) Koidz. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Bleekeria kalocarpa Hassk. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Excavatia elliptica (Labill.) Markgr. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Lactaria calocarpa (Hassk.) Hassk. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Lactaria elliptica (Labill.) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Ochrosia calocarpa (Hassk.) Miq. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Ochrosia elliptica Labill. f. elliptica (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, LHI

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (17), ATRP_2020 (1), Cooper_2013 (13), Kooyman_2011 (13), NHNSW_2024 (16), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (10). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 36 traits from 80 records in 10 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
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
  • flower_diameter (numerical): 1.3 cm (1.2-1.4 cm) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 45 mm (30-60 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2024]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 28.75 mm (20-45 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_type (categorical): drupe (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2024; 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 (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 125.83 mm (50-170 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 50.83 mm (20-70 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2024]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.02 cm (0.5-2 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); oblanceolate (1); obovate (1); obtriangular (1); widely_elliptical (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): whorled (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (2); tree (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; 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): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yyyyyynnnnnn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 42.5 mm (35-45 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 19.5 mm (18-21 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 5.5 m (4-6 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2024]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231417Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_20241216N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on December, 2023.. 2024. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Cooper_20131013W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Kooyman_2011913R. 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.
eFLOWER_Dun_2022810L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
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.
ABRS_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ATRP_202011F. A. Zich, B. P. Hyland, T. Whiffin, and R. A. Kerrigan. Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8. 2020. url: https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/intro/index.html.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.