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Syzygium ingens

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Syzygium ingens (F.Muell. ex C.Moore) Craven & Biffin

Synonyms: 8 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Acmena australis L.A.S.Johnson (taxonomic synonym)
  • Acmena brachyandra (Maiden & Betche) Merr. & L.M.Perry (taxonomic synonym)
  • Acmena ingens (F.Muell. ex C.Moore) Guymer & B.Hyland (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Eugenia brachyandra Maiden & Betche (taxonomic synonym)
  • Memecylon australe C.Moore (taxonomic synonym)
  • Memecylon cerasiforme A.Nilson (taxonomic synonym)
  • Memecylon cerasiformis A.Nilson (taxonomic synonym)
  • Nelitris ingens F.Muell. ex C.Moore (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Butler_2004 (5), Cooper_2013 (13), Ilic_2000 (4), Kooyman_2011 (14), McCarthy_2017 (8), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (18), RadfordSmith_2024 (39), Sams_2017 (5), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stewart_1995 (17), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (7). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 49 traits from 144 records in 15 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): white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 30 mm (25-40 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 30 mm (15-40 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 27.5 mm (15-40 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): berry (5); drupe (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; RadfordSmith_2024; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (4) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (4) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): pink (1); red (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 2884.41 mm2 (1752.05-4126.23 mm2) [sources: McCarthy_2017; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 120 mm (60-180 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 35 mm (20-50 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 312.49 mg (178.25-424.7 mg) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.5 cm (0.2-0.8 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 106.22 g/m2 (76-157.33 g/m2) [sources: McCarthy_2017; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.36 g/g (0.33-0.39 g/g) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: Stewart_1995]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_elliptical (1); oblong (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Stewart_1995]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (6) [sources: Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2022; Stewart_1995; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (3) [sources: Kooyman_2011; RadfordSmith_2024; Stewart_1995]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Stewart_1995]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (2) [sources: Butler_2004; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (1); flying_vertebrates (1); vertebrates (1) [sources: Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Sams_2017]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnyy (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -30.22 {delta}[ppth] (-33.21--28.22 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Stewart_1995]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 22.5 mm (20-25 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 14.5 mm (10-18 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.48 mg/mm3 (0.46-0.63 mg/mm3) [sources: Ilic_2000; Kooyman_2011; RadfordSmith_2024; Sams_2017]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 42.5 m (40-45 m) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RadfordSmith_20241439J. 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_20231218N. 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_1995617G. 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.
Kooyman_20111014R. Kooyman, M. Rossetto, W. Cornwell, and M. Westoby. “Phylogenetic tests of community assembly across regional to continental scales in tropical and subtropical rain forests”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20 (2011), pp. 707-716. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00641.x.
Cooper_20131113W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
McCarthy_201728J. 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.
Wright_200077I. 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.
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.
Sams_201755M. 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.
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.
NHNSW_2014_244Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
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/.
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.