Adenanthera pavonina

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Adenanthera pavonina L.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Adenanthera pavonia Swarbrick & R.Hart (orthographic variant)

Distribution (APC): ChI (doubtfully naturalised), NT, Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (18), Brock_1993 (11), Clarke_2015 (2), Cooper_2013 (13), Crowley_2007 (2), Gross_2005 (4), Kew_2019_1 (7), Kew_2019_2 (2), Kew_2019_4 (3), Kew_2019_5 (1), Kooyman_2011 (9), Metcalfe_2009 (17), NTH_2014 (3), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (23), Nano_2011 (2), RussellSmith_2012 (4), Schmidt_2003 (14), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (1), Zanne_2009 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (22). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 70 traits from 172 records in 25 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response

resprouting_capacity (categorical): resprouts (5) [sources: Clarke_2015; Crowley_2007; Metcalfe_2009; Nano_2011; RussellSmith_2012]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2) [sources: Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 215 mm (200-250 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NTH_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 15.83 mm (14-18 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NTH_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): legume (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (4) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Metcalfe_2009; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1) [sources: NTH_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 990 mm2 (990-990 mm2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
leaf_length (numerical): 46.81 mm (15-190 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Brock_1993; Kooyman_2011; NTH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 16.62 mm (7-30 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Brock_1993; Kooyman_2011; NTH_2023]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.15 g/g (0.15-0.15 g/g) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); oblong (1); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Brock_1993; NTH_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Brock_1993; Kooyman_2011; NTH_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2); opposite (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Schmidt_2003]
plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (8) [sources: ABRS_2022; Brock_1993; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Metcalfe_2009; NTH_2022; Schmidt_2003; Wenk_2022]
life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
life_history (categorical): perennial (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; Brock_1993; Metcalfe_2009; NTH_2022; Schmidt_2003; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): deciduous (1); evergreen (2); semi_deciduous (1) [sources: Brock_1993; Kooyman_2011; NTH_2014; Schmidt_2003]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Schmidt_2003]
root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1); ectomycorrhizal (1) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): bee (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (1); zoochory (1) [sources: Kew_2019_5; Metcalfe_2009]
flowering_time (categorical): ynnnnnnnnnnn (1); yynnnnnnnnnn (1); yynnnnnnnnyy (1) [sources: Brock_1993; Cooper_2013; NTH_2014]
seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1); short_persistent (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; RussellSmith_2012]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
bud_bank_location (categorical): epicormic_buds (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 22.75 mg/g (22.5-23 mg/g) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
leaf_delta13C (numerical): -28.36 {delta}[ppth] (-28.36--28.36 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Schmidt_2003]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 241.53 mg (57-295.83 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 8.08 mm (7-10 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
seed_width (numerical): 7.5 mm (6-10 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NTH_2023]
seed_shape (categorical): discoid (2); ellipsoid (1); ellipsoid_flattened (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.69 mg/mm3 (0.6-0.78 mg/mm3) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Zanne_2009]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 21.75 m (10-30 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Brock_1993; Cooper_2013; NTH_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
NTH_2023	16	23	D. 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/.
eFLOWER_Dun_2022	18	22	L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
ABRS_2023	14	18	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Metcalfe_2009	17	17	E. Laliberte, J. A. Wells, F. DeClerck, D. J. Metcalfe, C. P. Catterall, C. Queiroz, I. Aubin, S. P. Bonser, Y. Ding, J. M. Fraterrigo, S. McNamara, J. W. Morgan, D. S. Merlos, P. A. Vesk, and M. M. Mayfield. “Land-use intensification reduces functional redundancy and response diversity in plant communities”. Ecology Letters 13.1 (2010), pp. 76-86. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01403.x.
Schmidt_2003	11	14	S. 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.
Cooper_2013	10	13	W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Brock_1993	9	11	J. Brock and A. Dunlop. Native plants of northern Australia. Reed New Holland, 1993. ISBN: 9781877069246.
Kooyman_2011	8	9	R. 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.
Kew_2019_1	1	7	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Gross_2005	4	4	C. L. Gross. “A comparison of the sexual systems in the trees from the Australian tropics with other tropical biomes-more monoecy but why?”. American Journal of Botany 92.6 (2005), pp. 907-919. doi: 10.3732/ajb.92.6.907.
RussellSmith_2012	4	4	J. Russell-Smith, M. R. Gardener, C. Brock, K. Brennan, C. P. Yates, and B. Grace. “Fire persistence traits can be used to predict vegetation response to changing fire regimes at expansive landscape scales - an Australian example”. Journal of Biogeography 39 (2012), pp. 1657-1668. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02714.x.
Sjostrom_2006	4	4	A. 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_2022	3	3	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Kew_2019_4	1	3	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Oil content data from Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NTH_2014	3	3	Northern Territory Herbarium. Flora of the Darwin Region Online. 2014. url: http://www.lrm.nt.gov.au/plants-and-animals/herbarium/darwin_flora_online.
NTH_2022	3	3	D. 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/.
Clarke_2015	2	2	P. J. Clarke, M. J. Lawes, B. P. Murphy, J. Russell-Smith, C. E. Nano, R. Bradstock, N. J. Enright, J. B. Fontaine, C. R. Gosper, I. Radford, J. J. Midgley, and R. M. Gunton. “A synthesis of postfire recovery traits of woody plants in Australian ecosystems”. Science of The Total Environment 534 (2015), pp. 31-42. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.002.
Crowley_2007	2	2	G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
Kew_2019_2	1	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Nano_2011	2	2	C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_5	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed dispersal data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
Wright_2000	1	1	I. J. Wright, H. T. Clifford, R. Kidson, M. L. Reed, B. L. Rice, and M. Westoby. “A survey of seed and seedling characters in 1744 Australian dicotyledon species: Cross-species trait correlations and correlated trait-shifts within evolutionary lineages”. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69 (2000), pp. 521-547. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2000.tb01222.x.
Zanne_2009	1	1	A. E. Zanne, G. Lopez-Gonzalez, D. A. Coomes, J. Ilic, S. Jansen, S. L. Lewis, R. B. Miller, N. G. Swenson, M. C. Wiemann, and J. Chave. “Data from: Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum”. Dryad Digital Repository (2009). doi: 10.5061/dryad.234.