Rubus moluccanus

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Family Rosaceae

Taxonomy: Rubus moluccanus L.

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)

Rubus dendrocharis (Focke) Focke (taxonomic synonym)
Rubus haskarlii subsp. dendrocharis Focke (taxonomic synonym)
Rubus moluccanus var. dendrocharis (Focke) P.Royen (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: BRAIN_2007 (1), Clarke_2009 (5), Kew_2019_1 (2), McCarthy_2017 (15), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2016 (1), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (14), NSWFRD_2014 (4), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (6), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stewart_1995 (14), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Williams_2012 (3). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 33 traits from 80 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.

fire response

resprouting_capacity (categorical): resprouts (4) [sources: Clarke_2009; NSWFRD_2014; Williams_2012]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment_absent (1) [sources: Williams_2012]

flower morphology

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

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): drupe (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_colour (categorical): black (1); red (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 18724.78 mm2 (2769.89-32480 mm2) [sources: McCarthy_2017; NHNSW_2016]
leaf_length (numerical): 85 mm (20-150 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 65 mm (30-100 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 4 cm (2-6 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 70.64 g/m2 (67.06-74.82 g/m2) [sources: McCarthy_2017]
leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: Stewart_1995]
leaf_shape (categorical): orbicular (2); ovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Stewart_1995]
plant_growth_form (categorical): climber (1); climber_herbaceous (1); climber_woody (1); herb (1); shrub (4) [sources: Clarke_2009; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; SAH_2022; Stewart_1995; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): annual (1); perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1); woody (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Stewart_1995]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Stewart_1995]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (1) [sources: BRAIN_2007]
flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnyyyy (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (1); epicormic_buds (2); stem_buds (1) [sources: Clarke_2009; NSWFRD_2014; Williams_2012]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_delta13C (numerical): -28.7 {delta}[ppth] (-32.45--26.25 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Stewart_1995]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 1.37 mg (0.85-1.88 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.37 mg/mm3 (0.34-0.42 mg/mm3) [sources: McCarthy_2017]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
McCarthy_2017	3	15	J. K. McCarthy, J. M. Dwyer, and K. Mokany. “A regional-scale assessment of using metabolic scaling theory to predict ecosystem properties”. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 286.1915 (2019), p. 20192221. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2019.2221.
NHNSW_2023	11	14	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/.
Stewart_1995	6	14	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.
SAH_2023	6	6	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
Clarke_2009	3	5	P. J. Clarke, K. J. E. Knox, M. L. Campbell, and L. M. Copeland. “Post-fire recovery of woody plants in the New England Tableland Bioregion”. Cunninghamia 11 (2009), pp. 221-239. doi: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/4907.
NSWFRD_2014	4	4	B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
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.
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/.
SAH_2022	3	3	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
Williams_2012	3	3	P. R. Williams, M. Parsons, R. Jensen, and C. Tran. “Mechanisms of rainforest persistence and recruitment in frequently burnt wet tropical eucalypt forests”. Austral Ecology 37.2 (2012), pp. 268-275. ISSN: 1442-9993. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2011.02271.x.
Kew_2019_1	1	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NHNSW_2014_2	2	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
BRAIN_2007	1	1	Brisbane Rainforest Action & Information Network. Trait measurements for Australian rainforest species. 2016. url: http://www.brisrain.org.au/.
NHNSW_2016	1	1	National Herbarium of NSW. Trait measurements for NSW rainforest species from PLantNET. 2016. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.