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Solanum betaceum

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Family Solanaceae

Taxonomy: Solanum betaceum Cav.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Cyphomandra betacea (Cav.) Sendtn. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld (doubtfully naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (20), Cooper_2013 (13), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (12), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (17), Sjostrom_2006 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 27 traits from 81 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
  • flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1); pink (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 62.5 mm (40-100 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 40 mm (30-50 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_type (categorical): berry (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): red (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 246.67 mm (80-350 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 198.33 mm (50-300 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 10 cm (5-15 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): ovate (3); widely_ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1); unlobed (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnnn (1); nnnnnnnnnyyn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 3.88 mm (3.5-4 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; RBGV_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 3.75 mm (3.5-4 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): discoid (1); winged (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 4.5 m (3-6 m) [sources: Cooper_2013; RBGV_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231420Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RBGV_20231217VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Cooper_20131013W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
NHNSW_20231012N. 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_2014_244Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
ABRS_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
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/.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_200633A. 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.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.