AusTraits

Trema tomentosa

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Family Cannabaceae

Taxonomy: Trema tomentosa (Roxb.) H.Hara

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Celtis tomentosa Roxb. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Sponia velutina Planch. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, ChI, NT, Qld, NSW, Vic (presumed extinct)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (2), ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (18), Apgaua_2017 (12), Benwell_2024 (4), Chen_2017 (4), Clarke_2015 (3), Crowley_2007 (2), Gardiner_2019 (40), Gross_2005 (4), Ilic_2000 (3), Kew_2019_1 (1), McGlone_2015 (6), NHNSW_2014_2 (5), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (11), NTH_2014 (4), NTH_2022 (4), NTH_2023 (20), RBGV_2023 (3), RussellSmith_2012 (4), Schmidt_2003 (13), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Tng_2013 (6), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19), Williams_2012 (2). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 69 traits from 211 records in 31 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 (6) [sources: Benwell_2024; Clarke_2015; Crowley_2007; RussellSmith_2012; White_2020; Williams_2012]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (3) [sources: Benwell_2024; Clarke_2015; Williams_2012]
flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): monoecious (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; Gross_2005; NTH_2022; Sjostrom_2006; WAH_2022_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 3.25 mm (3-3.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 2.5 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): drupe (7) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; Gross_2005; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (3) [sources: Chen_2017; Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (4) [sources: Chen_2017; Gross_2005; NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 1875.11 mm2 (903.93-2193.6 mm2) [sources: Gardiner_2019; Tng_2013]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 72 mm (10-148 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 29.25 mm (6-56 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 44.68 mg (30.2-64.93 mg) [sources: Gardiner_2019]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.65 cm (0.15-1.1 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 43.96 g/m2 (25.17-59.04 g/m2) [sources: Gardiner_2019; Tng_2013]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.21 g/g (0.19-0.23 g/g) [sources: Gardiner_2019]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); lanceolate (3); ovate (2); widely_ovate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (2); oblique (2); obtuse (1); rounded (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1); toothed_serrate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (4) [sources: ABRS_1981; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2014_2; NTH_2014]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: Schmidt_2003; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (6); tree (8) [sources: ABRS_2022; Apgaua_2017; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; Schmidt_2003; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; Schmidt_2003; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): prostrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (3) [sources: ABRS_1981; NTH_2014; Schmidt_2003]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): nitrogen_fixer (1); non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Schmidt_2003; White_2020]
  • root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnny (1); yyyynnnnnyyy (1); yyyyyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: NTH_2014; WAH_1998; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: Benwell_2024]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1); transient (1) [sources: RussellSmith_2012; White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; White_2020]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): none (2) [sources: Clarke_2015; Crowley_2007]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 35 mg/g (35-35 mg/g) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -31.13 {delta}[ppth] (-33.02--29.05 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Apgaua_2017; Schmidt_2003; Tng_2013]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 2.2 mg (2.2-2.2 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.37 mg/mm3 (0.26-0.46 mg/mm3) [sources: Apgaua_2017; Gardiner_2019; Ilic_2000; Tng_2013]
  • stem_vessel_density (numerical): 15.62 {count}/mm2 (15.62-15.62 {count}/mm2) [sources: Apgaua_2017]
  • stem_vessel_diameter (numerical): 88.1 um (88.1-88.1 um) [sources: Apgaua_2017]
  • stem_vessel_lumen_fraction (numerical): 0.09 mm2/mm2 (0.09-0.09 mm2/mm2) [sources: Apgaua_2017]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Gardiner_2019840R. Gardiner, L. P. Shoo, and J. M. Dwyer. “Look to seedling heights, rather than functional traits, to explain survival during extreme heat stress in the early stages of subtropical rainforest restoration”. Journal of Applied Ecology 56.12 (2019), pp. 2687-2697. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.13505.
NTH_20231420D. 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/.
White_20201919M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
ABRS_20231318Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Schmidt_20031013S. Schmidt and G. R. Stewart. “d15N values of tropical savanna and monsoon forest species reflect root specialisations and soil nitrogen status”. Oecologia 134 (2003), pp. 569-577. doi: 10.1007/s00442-002-1150-y.
Apgaua_20171112D. M. G. Apgaua, D. Y. P. Tng, L. A. Cernusak, A. W. Cheesman, R. M. Santos, W. J. Edwards, and S. G. W. Laurance. “Plant functional groups within a tropical forest exhibit different wood functional anatomy”. Functional Ecology 31.3 (2017), pp. 582-591. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12787.
NHNSW_2023811N. 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/.
McGlone_201566M. S. McGlone, S. J. Richardson, G. J. Jordan, and G. L. Perry. “Is there a `suboptimal' woody species height? A response to Scheffer et al.”. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 30.1 (2015), pp. 4-5. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.09.007.
Tng_201366D. Y. P. Tng, G. J. Jordan, and D. M. J. S. Bowman. “Plant traits demonstrate that temperate and tropical giant Eucalypt forests are ecologically convergent with rainforest not savanna”. PLoS ONE 8 (2013), p. e84378. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084378.
NHNSW_2014_255Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
ABRS_202244Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
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.
Chen_201744Chen, S.-C., Cornwell, W., Z. H.-X., Moles, and A. T. “Plants show more flesh in the tropics: Variation in fruit type along latitudinal and climatic gradients.”. Ecography 40 (2017), pp. 531-538. doi: abs/10.1111/ecog.02010.
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.
NTH_201444Northern Territory Herbarium. Flora of the Darwin Region Online. 2014. url: http://www.lrm.nt.gov.au/plants-and-animals/herbarium/darwin_flora_online.
NTH_202244D. 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/.
RussellSmith_201244J. Russell-Smith, M. R. Gardener, C. Brock, K. Brennan, C. P. Yates, and B. Grace. “Fire persistence traits can be used to predict vegetation response to changing fire regimes at expansive landscape scales - an Australian example”. Journal of Biogeography 39 (2012), pp. 1657-1668. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02714.x.
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.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
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.
Ilic_200013J. 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_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_202333VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
ABRS_198122B. A. Barlow, H. T. Clifford, A. S. George, and A. K. A. McCusker. Flora of Australia. 1981. url: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/flora/main/.
Crowley_200722G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
WAH_2023_212Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Williams_201222P. 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_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
WAH_199811Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.