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Oxystelma esculentum

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Family Apocynaceae

Taxonomy: Oxystelma esculentum (L.f.) R.Br.

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Marsdenia brockmaniana W.Fitzg. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Periploca esculenta L.f. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Sarcostemma esculentum (L.f.) R.W.Holm (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (14), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (11), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 15 traits from 36 records in 8 datasets.

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

fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 47.5 mm (30-80 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 13 mm (8-18 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): follicle (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 58.25 mm (30-90 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 5.38 mm (3-9 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.9 cm (0.5-1.3 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); linear (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): climber (1); climber_herbaceous (2); herb (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yyyyyyyyyynn (1) [sources: WAH_1998]
seed morphology
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid_flattened (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231014Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NTH_2023711D. 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/.
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.
NTH_202233D. 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/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
WAH_199811Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
WAH_2022_211Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.