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Planchonella cotinifolia

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Family Sapotaceae

Taxonomy: Planchonella cotinifolia (A.DC.) Dubard

Synonyms: 7 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Achras cotinifolia (A.DC.) F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Hormogyne cotinifolia A.DC. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Planchonella continifolia K.A.W.Williams (orthographic variant)
  • Pouteria cotinifolia (A.DC.) Baehni (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Sersalisia cotinifolia (A.DC.) F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Sideroxylon cotinifolium (A.DC.) Engl. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Xantolis cotinifolia (A.DC.) Baehni (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ATRP_2020 (1), Butler_2004 (5), Cooper_2013 (15), Gross_2005 (4), NHNSW_2014_2 (1), NHNSW_2022 (6), NHNSW_2023 (29), RadfordSmith_2024 (43), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 42 traits from 111 records in 11 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): hermaphrodite (2) [sources: Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 12.5 mm (10-15 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 6 mm (5-7 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_type (categorical): berry (5); drupe (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; NHNSW_2023; RadfordSmith_2024; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (1); green (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 299.91 mm2 (188.78-390 mm2) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 30 mm (10-50 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 17.5 mm (5-30 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 34.84 mg (21.98-45.22 mg) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.15 cm (0.1-0.2 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 116.51 g/m2 (101.76-130.04 g/m2) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.46 g/g (0.43-0.52 g/g) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); oblanceolate (1); obovate (1); spathulate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (4); tree (6) [sources: ATRP_2020; Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (2) [sources: Butler_2004; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (1); vertebrates (1) [sources: Butler_2004; Cooper_2013]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yyyyynnnnnny (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 10.25 mm (8-12 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 6.25 mm (5-7.5 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.83 mg/mm3 (0.81-0.84 mg/mm3) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 13.33 m (10-15 m) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RadfordSmith_20241643J. Radford-Smith, H. R. Lai, E. C. Weeren, and J. M. Dwyer. “A Functional Basis for the Assembly of Australian Subtropical Rainforest Tree Communities”. Ecology Letters 27.11 (2024). ISSN: 1461-0248. doi: 10.1111/ele.70014.
NHNSW_20231629N. 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/.
Cooper_20131215W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
NHNSW_202236N. 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/.
Butler_200455D. 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.
Gross_200544C. 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.
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.
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.
NHNSW_2014_211Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.