Paederia foetida
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Family Rubiaceae
Taxonomy: Paederia foetida L.
Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30
Distribution (APC): ChI (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (20), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 18 traits from 27 records in 4 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): 5 mm (4-6 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 5 mm (4-6 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_height (numerical): 5 mm (4-6 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1); red (1); yellow (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 85 mm (30-140 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 35 mm (20-50 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 3.5 cm (2-5 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): cordate (1); narrowly_ovate (1); ovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): rounded (1); truncate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): climber_herbaceous (2); climber_woody (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1); semi_woody (1); woody (1); woody_base (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
seed morphology
- seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1); lenticular (1); winged (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NHNSW_2023 | 14 | 20 | 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/. |
| 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/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |