Psydrax odorata

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Family Rubiaceae

Taxonomy: Psydrax odorata (G.Forst.) A.C.Sm. & S.P.Darwin

Synonyms: 11 (APC 2026-07-30)

Canthium lucidum Hook. & Arn. (taxonomic synonym)
Canthium odoratum (G.Forst.) Seem. (nomenclatural synonym)
Canthium odoratum Coastal Form (taxonomic synonym)
Coffea odorata G.Forst. (nomenclatural synonym)
Plectronia hookeriana Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Plectronia hookeriana Domin var. hookeriana (taxonomic synonym)
Plectronia hookeriana var. typica Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Plectronia odorata (G.Forst.) F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
Plectronia odorata (G.Forst.) F.Muell. var. odorata (nomenclatural synonym)
Psydrax odorata (G.Forst.) A.C.Sm. & S.P.Darwin f. odorata (nomenclatural synonym)
Psydrax odorata (G.Forst.) A.C.Sm. & S.P.Darwin subsp. odorata (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Butler_2004 (5), Clarke_2015 (6), Cooper_2013 (15), Draper_2023 (3), Dwyer_2018 (7), Gross_2005 (4), Ilic_2000 (1), Kew_2019_1 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (16), RadfordSmith_2024 (41), Sams_2017 (8), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stewart_1995 (6), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (40), Wright_2000 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (17). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 74 traits from 189 records in 22 datasets.

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

fire response

resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (2); resprouts (2) [sources: Clarke_2015; White_2020]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment_absent (2) [sources: Clarke_2015]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2) [sources: Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 5.5 mm (5-6 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
fruit_width (numerical): 6.5 mm (5-8 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): drupe (6) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; NHNSW_2023; RadfordSmith_2024; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (4) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (4) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_colour (categorical): black (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 505.16 mm2 (226.67-965.31 mm2) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
leaf_length (numerical): 55 mm (30-80 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 22.5 mm (10-35 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 65.41 mg (35.22-139.9 mg) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
petiole_length (numerical): 0.5 cm (0.2-0.8 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 135.76 g/m2 (41.46-254.24 g/m2) [sources: Dwyer_2018; RadfordSmith_2024; Sams_2017]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.39 g/g (0.26-0.44 g/g) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: Stewart_1995]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); obovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (3) [sources: Stewart_1995; White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (6); tree (6) [sources: Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2022; Stewart_1995; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024; Stewart_1995]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (3) [sources: Stewart_1995; White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (3) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (5) [sources: Butler_2004; Draper_2023; RadfordSmith_2024; White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): birds (3); flying_vertebrates (1); vertebrates (2) [sources: Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Draper_2023; Sams_2017; White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnnn (1); nnnnnnnnnnyy (1); yyyyynnnyyyy (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2; White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (2) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (2) [sources: White_2020]
bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (2) [sources: Clarke_2015]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_delta13C (numerical): -27.12 {delta}[ppth] (-27.12--27.12 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Stewart_1995]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 13.07 mg (13.07-13.07 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 5 mm (5-5 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
seed_width (numerical): 3.5 mm (3.5-3.5 mm) [sources: Butler_2004]
seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.8 mg/mm3 (0.68-0.99 mg/mm3) [sources: Dwyer_2018; Ilic_2000; RadfordSmith_2024]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 9.83 m (1-15 m) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; WAH_2023_2]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (2) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
RadfordSmith_2024	15	41	J. 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.
White_2020	20	40	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
eFLOWER_Dun_2022	12	17	L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
NHNSW_2023	12	16	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/.
Cooper_2013	12	15	W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Sams_2017	7	8	M. A. Sams, H. R. Lai, S. P. Bonser, P. A. Vesk, R. M. Kooyman, D. J. Metcalfe, J. W. Morgan, and M. M. Mayfield. “Landscape context explains changes in the functional diversity of regenerating forests better than climate or species richness”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 26.10 (2017), pp. 1165-1176. doi: 10.1111/geb.12627.
Dwyer_2018	2	7	J. M. Dwyer and R. Mason. “Plant community responses to thinning in densely regenerating Acacia harpophylla forest”. Restoration Ecology 26.1 (2018), pp. 97-105. doi: 10.1111/rec.12536.
Clarke_2015	3	6	P. J. Clarke, M. J. Lawes, B. P. Murphy, J. Russell-Smith, C. E. Nano, R. Bradstock, N. J. Enright, J. B. Fontaine, C. R. Gosper, I. Radford, J. J. Midgley, and R. M. Gunton. “A synthesis of postfire recovery traits of woody plants in Australian ecosystems”. Science of The Total Environment 534 (2015), pp. 31-42. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.002.
Stewart_1995	6	6	G. Stewart, M. Turnbull, S. Schmidt, and P. Erskine. “13C natural abundance in plant communities along a rainfall gradient: a biological integrator of water availability”. Functional Plant Biology 22.1 (1995), pp. 51-55. doi: 10.1071/pp9950051.
Butler_2004	5	5	D. 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_2005	4	4	C. 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_2006	4	4	A. 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.
Draper_2023	3	3	J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
NHNSW_2014_2	3	3	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2022	3	3	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/.
WAH_2022_2	3	3	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_2	1	2	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Ilic_2000	1	1	J. 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.
Kew_2019_1	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
Wright_2000	1	1	I. 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.