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Planchonella pohlmaniana

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Family Sapotaceae

Taxonomy: Planchonella pohlmaniana (F.Muell.) Pierre ex Dubard

Synonyms: 18 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Achras pohlmaniana F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Planchonella pohlmaniana (F.Muell.) Pierre ex Dubard var. pohlmaniana (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Planchonella pohlmaniana var. (Gilbert River C.T.White 1409) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Planchonella pohlmaniana var. vestita Dunlop (taxonomic synonym)
  • Planchonella pohlmaniana var. vestita Dunlop, G.J.Leach, Latz, Barritt, Cowie & Albr. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Planchonella pohlmaniana var. vestita K.A.W.Williams (taxonomic synonym)
  • Planchonella pohlmaniana var. vestita P.Royen (taxonomic synonym)
  • Planchonella pohlmanniana Dubard (orthographic variant)
  • Pouteria dugulla (F.M.Bailey) Baehni (taxonomic synonym)
  • Pouteria pohlmaniana (F.Muell.) Baehni (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Pouteria pohlmaniana var. (Gilbert River C.T.White 1409) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Sapota pohlmaniana (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Holle (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Sapota pohlmaniana F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Sersalisia dugulla (F.M.Bailey) Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Sersalisia pohlmaniana (F.Muell.) Domin (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Sersalisia pohlmanniana Domin (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Sideroxylon dugulla F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
  • Sideroxylon pohlmanianum (F.Muell.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Brock_1993 (12), Butler_2004 (5), Cooper_2013 (14), Gross_2005 (4), Ilic_2000 (4), Lord_1997 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (26), RadfordSmith_2024 (38), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wills_2018 (15), Wright_2000 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 58 traits from 137 records in 16 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): 23.75 mm (15-30 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 20.5 mm (12-30 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 25 mm (20-30 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): berry (4); 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); purple (1); yellow (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 3062.14 mm2 (1864.45-4845.02 mm2) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 108.75 mm (60-155 mm) [sources: Brock_1993; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 46.25 mm (10-90 mm) [sources: Brock_1993; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 260.46 mg (146.28-422.52 mg) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.5 cm (0.5-2.5 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 86.13 g/m2 (75.77-95.71 g/m2) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024; Wills_2018]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.39 g/g (0.38-0.41 g/g) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); oblanceolate (1) [sources: Brock_1993; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: Brock_1993; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): clustered (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (2); tree (7) [sources: Brock_1993; Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Lord_1997; NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: Brock_1993; NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1); semi_deciduous (1) [sources: Brock_1993; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (2); zoochory (1) [sources: Butler_2004; Lord_1997; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • dispersers (categorical): vertebrates (2) [sources: Butler_2004; Lord_1997]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnyy (1); ynnnnnnyyyyy (1) [sources: Brock_1993; Cooper_2013]
nutrient and stable isotope
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 235 mg (235-235 mg) [sources: Lord_1997]
  • seed_length (numerical): 11.75 mm (10-15 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 7 mm (7-7 mm) [sources: Butler_2004]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.7 mg/mm3 (0.61-0.86 mg/mm3) [sources: Ilic_2000; RadfordSmith_2024]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 19.62 m (5-44 m) [sources: Brock_1993; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RadfordSmith_20241438J. 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_20231926N. 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/.
Wills_20181515J. Wills, J. Herbohn, J. Hu, S. Sohel, J. Baynes, and J. Firn. “Tree leaf trade-offs are stronger for sub-canopy trees: leaf traits reveal little about growth rates in canopy trees”. Ecological Applications 28.4 (2018), pp. 1116-1125. doi: 10.1002/eap.1715.
Cooper_20131114W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Brock_1993912J. Brock and A. Dunlop. Native plants of northern Australia. Reed New Holland, 1993. ISBN: 9781877069246.
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.
Ilic_200014J. Ilic, D. Boland, M. McDonald, D. G, and P. Blakemore. Woody density phase 1 - State of knowledge. National Carbon Accounting System. Technical Report 18. Tech. rep. Australian Greenhouse Office, Canberra, Australia, 2000.
Lord_199744J. Lord, J. Egan, T. Clifford, E. Jurado, M. Leishman, D. Williams, and M. Westoby. “Larger seeds in tropical floras: Consistent patterns independent of growth form and dispersal mode”. Journal of Biogeography 24 (1997), pp. 205-211. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1997.00126.x.
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.
NHNSW_202233N. 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/.
WAH_2022_233Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
WAH_2023_211Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
Wright_200011I. J. Wright, H. T. Clifford, R. Kidson, M. L. Reed, B. L. Rice, and M. Westoby. “A survey of seed and seedling characters in 1744 Australian dicotyledon species: Cross-species trait correlations and correlated trait-shifts within evolutionary lineages”. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69 (2000), pp. 521-547. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2000.tb01222.x.