Solanum torvum

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Family Solanaceae

Taxonomy: Solanum torvum Sw.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Solanum largiflorum C.T.White (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (20), Clarke_2015 (3), Cooper_2013 (14), Metcalfe_2009 (19), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (1), Sjostrom_2006 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 39 traits from 70 records in 10 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 (1); resprouts (1) [sources: Clarke_2015; Metcalfe_2009]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 12.5 mm (10-15 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
fruit_width (numerical): 12.5 mm (10-15 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
fruit_height (numerical): 12.5 mm (10-15 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): berry (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; Metcalfe_2009; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_colour (categorical): yellow (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 23760 mm2 (23760-23760 mm2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
leaf_length (numerical): 125 mm (100-150 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 90 mm (80-100 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 3.5 cm (2-5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cooper_2013; Metcalfe_2009; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Metcalfe_2009; NTH_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): spreading (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
root_structure (categorical): mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): bee (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
dispersers (categorical): bats (1); birds (1); cassowaries (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
flowering_time (categorical): yyyyyynnnnnn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): short_persistent (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
bud_bank_location (categorical): none (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 1.1 mg (1.1-1.1 mg) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
seed_length (numerical): 1.88 mm (1.5-2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.48 mg/mm3 (0.48-0.48 mg/mm3) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 3.33 m (3-4 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NTH_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): sharp_pointed_defence (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
ABRS_2023	13	20	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Metcalfe_2009	19	19	E. Laliberte, J. A. Wells, F. DeClerck, D. J. Metcalfe, C. P. Catterall, C. Queiroz, I. Aubin, S. P. Bonser, Y. Ding, J. M. Fraterrigo, S. McNamara, J. W. Morgan, D. S. Merlos, P. A. Vesk, and M. M. Mayfield. “Land-use intensification reduces functional redundancy and response diversity in plant communities”. Ecology Letters 13.1 (2010), pp. 76-86. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01403.x.
Cooper_2013	11	14	W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
ABRS_2022	4	4	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Clarke_2015	3	3	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.
NTH_2022	3	3	D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_2006	3	3	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.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
NTH_2023	1	1	D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.