A link exists between hydraulic traits and leaf habit. However, few attempts have addressed a possible link between hydraulic traits and altered leaf habit in introduced ranges. Within its native range, the Amazon rainforest, Hevea brasiliensis (Willd. ex A. Juss) Muell. Arg. is an evergreen but it
Hydraulic traits and hydraulic-related structural properties were examined in three deciduous (Hevea brasiliensis, Macaranga denticulate, and Bischofia javanica) and three evergreen (Drypetes indica, Aleurites moluccana, and Codiaeum variegatum) Euphorbiaceae tree species from a seasonally tropical