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Syzygium oleosum

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Syzygium oleosum (F.Muell.) B.Hyland

Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Eugenia coolminiana C.Moore (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eugenia cyanocarpa F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eugenia oleosa F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Eugenia oleosa F.Muell. var. oleosa (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Eugenia oleosa var. cyanocarpa F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Syzygium coolminianum (C.Moore) L.A.S.Johnson (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (4), Baker_2019 (2), Benwell_2024 (4), Butler_2004 (5), Clarke_2015 (3), Cooper_2013 (15), Fonseca_2000 (9), Gross_2005 (4), Hughes_1992 (4), Ilic_2000 (1), Jagdish_2020 (20), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kooyman_2011 (14), Kotowska_2020 (190), Lawson_2015 (2), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (18), RadfordSmith_2024 (40), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Williams_2012 (3), Wright_2000 (11). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 75 traits from 364 records in 24 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): partial_resprouting (1); resprouts (3) [sources: Baker_2019; Benwell_2024; Clarke_2015; Williams_2012]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (2); post_fire_recruitment_absent (1) [sources: Benwell_2024; Clarke_2015; Williams_2012]
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): 16 mm (9-25 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 15.75 mm (10-25 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 17.5 mm (10-25 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): berry (4); drupe (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; RadfordSmith_2024; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (5) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (5) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): blue (1); pink (1); purple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 1659.42 mm2 (811.9-3109.6 mm2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 72.5 mm (30-120 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 31.58 mm (10-49.4 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 155.04 mg (70-281 mg) [sources: Fonseca_2000; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.6 cm (0.2-1 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 92.43 g/m2 (74.25-145.12 g/m2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Kotowska_2020; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.39 g/g (0.38-0.41 g/g) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); lanceolate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (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_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (3); tree (7) [sources: Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Fonseca_2000; Hughes_1992; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): prostrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (3) [sources: Butler_2004; Hughes_1992; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (1); vertebrates (1) [sources: Butler_2004; Cooper_2013]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnynnyn (1); yyynnnnnnnny (1); yyyyyyyynnyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): none (1) [sources: Benwell_2024]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1); basal_stem_buds (2) [sources: Baker_2019; Clarke_2015; Williams_2012]
nutrient and stable isotope
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 221.35 mg (139.62-307.93 mg) [sources: Jagdish_2020; Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 6.65 mm (5-9 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 7.61 mm (4.82-11 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_shape (categorical): globoid (1) [sources: ANBG_2019]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.71 mg/mm3 (0.57-0.88 mg/mm3) [sources: Ilic_2000; Kooyman_2011; Kotowska_2020; Lawson_2015; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • huber_value (numerical): 0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf} (0-0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf}) [sources: Kotowska_2020]
  • stem_vessel_density (numerical): 91.11 {count}/mm2 (28.13-184.34 {count}/mm2) [sources: Kotowska_2020]
  • stem_vessel_lumen_fraction (numerical): 0.11 mm2/mm2 (0.08-0.14 mm2/mm2) [sources: Kotowska_2020]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 10.67 m (8-12 m) [sources: Cooper_2013; Hughes_1992; Kooyman_2011]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Kotowska_202022190M. M. Kotowska, I. J. Wright, and M. Westoby. “Parenchyma abundance in wood of evergreen trees varies independently of nutrients”. Frontiers in Plant Science 11 (2020), p. art86. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00086.
RadfordSmith_20241440J. 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.
Jagdish_2020220A. Jagdish. “Unpublished data: Germination photoperiod sensitivity of Australian Plants, University of New South Wales”. 2020.
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/.
Cooper_20131215W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
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.
Wright_2000711I. 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.
Fonseca_200059C. R. Fonseca, J. M. Overton, B. Collins, and M. Westoby. “Shifts in trait-combinations along rainfall and phosphorus gradients”. Journal of Ecology 88 (2000), pp. 964-977. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00506.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.
ANBG_201944Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Benwell_202444A. Benwell. “Fire responses of flora in a sclerophyll-rainforest vegetation complex in the Nightcap Range, North Coast, New South Wales”. Australian Journal of Botany 72.1 (2024). Ed. by D. Williams. ISSN: 1444-9862. doi: 10.1071/bt23049.
Gross_200544C. 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.
Hughes_199244L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
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.
Clarke_201533P. 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.
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/.
Williams_201233P. 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.
Baker_201922A. Baker. “Unpublished data: Post-fire fire-response surveys on the NSW north coast, Southern Cross University”. 2019.
Lawson_201512J. R. Lawson, K. A. Fryirs, and M. R. Leishman. “Data from: Hydrological conditions explain wood density in riparian plants of south-eastern Australia”. Dryad Digital Repository (2015). doi: 10.5061/dryad.72h45.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Ilic_200011J. 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_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.