Abrus precatorius subsp. africanus
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Family Fabaceae
Taxonomy: Abrus precatorius subsp. africanus Verdc.
Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30
Distribution (APC): Qld (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Hyland_2003 (1), NHNSW_2016 (1), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (19), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 17 traits from 27 records in 6 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 27.5 mm (20-35 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 13.5 mm (12-15 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): legume (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_area (numerical): 578 mm2 (578-578 mm2) [sources: NHNSW_2016]
- leaf_length (numerical): 15 mm (5-25 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 5.5 mm (3-8 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): oblong (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): climber_woody (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): semi_woody (1); woody (2) [sources: Hyland_2003; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 6 mm (5-7 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- seed_width (numerical): 4.5 mm (4-5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NHNSW_2023 | 13 | 19 | N. 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/. |
| NHNSW_2022 | 3 | 3 | N. 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/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Hyland_2003 | 1 | 1 | B. P. M. Hyland, T. Whiffin, D. Christophel, B. Gray, and R. W. Elick. Australian tropical rain forest plants trees, shrubs and vines. CSIRO Publishing, 2003. ISBN: 0643068724. |
| NHNSW_2016 | 1 | 1 | National Herbarium of NSW. Trait measurements for NSW rainforest species from PLantNET. 2016. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |