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Xylocarpus moluccensis

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Family Meliaceae

Taxonomy: Xylocarpus moluccensis (Lam.) M.Roem.

Synonyms: 7 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Carapa mekongensis (Pierre) Pellegr. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Carapa moluccensis Lam. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Granatum moluccense (Lam.) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Xylocarpus australasica Ridl. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Xylocarpus australasicum W.E.Cooper (taxonomic synonym)
  • Xylocarpus australasicus Ridl. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Xylocarpus mekongensis Pierre (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (22), Brock_1993 (12), Cooper_2013 (13), Ilic_2000 (3), Kew_2019_3 (4), Kooyman_2011 (13), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (19), Schmidt_2003 (8), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (27). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 61 traits from 140 records in 17 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: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
  • sex_type (categorical): monoecious (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 76.25 mm (45-110 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 79.17 mm (45-110 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 80 mm (50-110 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 95.67 mm (35-200 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Brock_1993; Kooyman_2011; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 53.12 mm (20-75 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Brock_1993; Kooyman_2011; NTH_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 10 cm (10-10 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.22 g/g (0.22-0.22 g/g) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (3); lanceolate (1); oblanceolate (1); oblong (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Brock_1993; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (2); oblique (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Brock_1993; Kooyman_2011; NTH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Kew_2019_3]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (8) [sources: ABRS_2022; Brock_1993; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NTH_2022; Schmidt_2003; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; Brock_1993; NTH_2022; Schmidt_2003; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): deciduous (1); evergreen (1) [sources: Brock_1993; Kooyman_2011]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyynn (1); nnnnnyyyyynn (1); nnnnyyyyynnn (1) [sources: Brock_1993; Cooper_2013; WAH_1998]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 12 mg/g (12-12 mg/g) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -26.15 {delta}[ppth] (-26.15--26.15 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 52.5 mm (40-65 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NTH_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 35 mm (30-40 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_shape (categorical): polyhedral (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.56 mg/mm3 (0.52-0.6 mg/mm3) [sources: Ilic_2000]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 18.17 m (4-30 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Brock_1993; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NTH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
eFLOWER_Dun_20222327L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
ABRS_20231522Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NTH_20231219D. 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/.
Cooper_20131013W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Kooyman_20111013R. 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.
Brock_1993912J. Brock and A. Dunlop. Native plants of northern Australia. Reed New Holland, 1993. ISBN: 9781877069246.
Schmidt_200388S. 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.
Kew_2019_344Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Salt and water tolerance data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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.
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.
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.
NTH_202233D. 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/.
WAH_2022_233Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.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.
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.