Excoecaria parvifolia

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Excoecaria

At a glance

Occurrence records1 299

Data sources7

Biological traits27

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Excoecaria parvifolia's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 299 records↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

On this page4 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources27 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS · NPASS20 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF1 299 records

01Narrative

Excoecaria parvifolia is a plant in the Euphorbiaceae family, native to Western Australia, the Northern Territory, and Queensland It was first described by Johannes Müller Argoviensis in 1864, from a specimen collected by Ferdinand von Mueller in Arnhem Land.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology7

Fruit length6.5 mm

Leaf length31 mm

Leaf width13 mm

Petiole length0.45 cm

Plant height6.5 m

Plant height max6 m

Seed length5 mm

Life cycle & reproduction6

Flowering timeyyyynnnnnnnn

Life formshrub or tree

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Resprouting capacityresprouts

Sex typedioecious

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment10

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatewet tropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typecapsule

Growth formtree

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: tree · AusTraits: shrub tree

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapenarrowly_elliptical oblanceolate obovate

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry2

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Wood density693 mg/cm³

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

03Chemical composition20 compounds

Compounds documented for Excoecaria parvifolia across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

Compound class profile5 classes

Beyerane diterpenoids8

Secokaurane diterpenoids3

Lupane triterpenoids3

Germacrane sesquiterpenoids2

Aromadendrane sesquiterpenoids1

Documented compounds20 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
(+)-15-Beyeren-3-one	present	LOTUS
(1aR,4aR,7S,7aS,7bR)-1,1,7-Trimethyl-4-methylidenedecahydro-1H-cyclopropa[e]azulen-7-ol	present	LOTUS
(1R,3aR,5aR,5bR,7aR,9S,11aR,11bS,13aR,13bR)-3a,5a,5b,8,8,11a-hexamethyl-1-prop-1-en-2-yl-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,7a,9,10,11,11b,12,13,13a,13b-hexadecahydrocyclopenta[a]chrysen-9-ol	present	NPASS
(1R,4S,6R,9S,10S,13S)-5,5,9,13-tetramethyltetracyclo[11.2.1.01,10.04,9]hexadec-14-en-6-ol	present	LOTUS
(1R,4S,9S,10S,13R)-13-(hydroxymethyl)-5,5,9-trimethyltetracyclo[11.2.1.01,10.04,9]hexadec-14-en-6-one	present	LOTUS
(1R,4S,9S,10S,13S)-5,5,9,13-tetramethyl-6-oxatetracyclo[11.2.1.01,10.04,9]hexadec-14-en-7-one	present	LOTUS
(1R,9R,10R,13R)-7-hydroxy-13-(hydroxymethyl)-5,9-dimethyltetracyclo[11.2.1.01,10.04,9]hexadeca-4,7,14-trien-6-one	present	LOTUS
(1R,9R,10R,13S)-7-hydroxy-5,9,13-trimethyltetracyclo[11.2.1.01,10.04,9]hexadeca-4,7,14-trien-6-one	present	LOTUS
(1S,3R,9R,10R,13S)-3,7-dihydroxy-5,9,13-trimethyltetracyclo[11.2.1.01,10.04,9]hexadeca-4,7,14-trien-6-one	present	LOTUS
(1S,3S,9R,10R,13S)-3,7-dihydroxy-5,9,13-trimethyltetracyclo[11.2.1.01,10.04,9]hexadeca-4,7,14-trien-6-one	present	LOTUS

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type1 299 records

Wild obs. + sensor1 011

Museum / vouchered118

Other170

Origin

Native9

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO3 208 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy98% within 1 km

≤100 m 533≤1 km 4≤10 km 8>10 km 3

548 georeferenced · 463 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor1 011

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy24% within 1 km

≤100 m 21≤1 km 4≤10 km 61>10 km 19

105 georeferenced · 13 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence118

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions7 of 9 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Brisbane, AU	42
Palmerston, AU	36
Smithfield, AU	10
Kensington, AU	8
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	7
Canberra, AU	7
Mount Annan, AU	3
James Cook Townsvillelocation not on record	2
Adelaide, AU	2

9 institutions · 117 of 118 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code

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Excoecaria parvifolia

At a glance

Sources7 archives

Size & morphology7

Life cycle & reproduction6

Diet & foraging1

Habitat & environment10

Physiology & chemistry2

Other traits1

Compound class profile5 classes

Documented compounds20 total

Record type1 299 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions7 of 9 geolocated

Record type1 299 records