GENERAL INFORMATION Megafruit and megafauna diversity are positively associated, while megafruit traits are related to abiotic factors, in Tropical Asia Database includes all megafaunal-syndrome fruits (n=496 species) that could be identified from primary and secondary sources (last updated in October 2020) in tropical Asia. Megafaunal-syndrome fruits (or megafruits) are defined as fruits with width ≥4 cm that have an edible part other than the seed. Data were collected from unpublished sources and local floras across the region. All References are provided in the dataset. All taxa names and distributions were checked on Plants of the World on-line. Synonyms were removed and distributions changed to follow POWO in 105 of the 157 discrepancies that we observed. For the other 52 species, we followed recent publications and regional floras that were available on-line. Citation for publication in which the data were used: DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: Asian Megafruit Database Note: NA indcates the information was not available or relevant. Genus Species Family Family Authority Genus_Species Authority - for species name Synonyms (columns G to AK) Native range Full distribution (Columns AP to BE contain presence (=1) or absence (=0) information within the subregions of tropical Asia used in the citation. The regions are as follows): South_India - Peninsular India, excluding high altitude areas and the North-east Sri Lanka NE India - North-east India China - Southern China Indo_China - Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam Taiwan Malay_Penin - Peninsular Malaysia And_Nico - Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India Sumatra - Island of Sumatra in Indonesia Java - Island of Java in Indonesia Borneo Philip - Philippines Palawan - Island of Palawan in the Philippines Sulawesi - Island of Sulawesi in Indonesia Less_Sunda - Lesser Sundas archipelago in Indonesia Maluku - Maluku archipelago in Indonesia Habitat - full list of habitats (available for n=385 species) (Columns BF to BK describe presence of species (=1) in selected habitats): Forest Riverbank Scrub/thickets/open forest Grassland Swamp Growth form - listed as holoparasite, climber, shrub, tree, other (n=496) Tree height - listed if recorded in local Floras (n=211) Fruit-type - listed as Berry, Drupe, Synconium, Pod, Syncarp, Follicles, Capsule, Compound (n=449) Fruit colour - main colour as noted in source (n=335) Fruit colour 2 - fruit colours identified as being potentially adapted for megafauna (brown, green, yellow, orange) or not ("other") (n=335) Fruit_shape - as recorded in sources (n=351) Fruit_lg_mm - fruit length in mm. If a range was provided in the source the mid-point was taken (n=360) Fruit_wdth_mm - fruit width in mm. If a range was provided in the source the mid-point was taken (n=225) 2nd longest axis - the shorter measurement of fruit length or fruit width Seed_num - number of seeds in the fruit. If a range was provided in the source the mid-point was taken (n=345) Seed_lg_mm - seed length in mm. If a range was provided in the source the mid-point was taken (n=214) Seed_wdth_mm - seed width in mm. If a range was provided in the source the mid-point was taken (n=296) Reference 1 - reference for trait information Reference 2 - additional reference for trait information (full reference citations are on the References datasheet)