Canavalia rosea

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Canavalia rosea (Sw.) DC.

Synonyms: 7 (APC 2026-07-30)

Canavali maritima Thouars (taxonomic synonym)
Canavalia baueriana Endl. (taxonomic synonym)
Canavalia maritima Thouars (taxonomic synonym)
Canavalia obtusifolia DC. (taxonomic synonym)
Dolichos maritimus Aubl. (taxonomic synonym)
Dolichos obtusifolius Lam. (taxonomic synonym)
Dolichos roseus Sw. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, Qld, CSI, NSW, NI

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ATRP_2020 (1), Cooper_2013 (12), Crowley_2007 (2), Gross_1993 (1), Kew_2019_1 (7), Kew_2019_3 (1), Kew_2019_5 (2), Kew_2019_6 (5), Kocacinar_2003 (6), Kooyman_2011 (11), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2016 (1), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (14), NTH_2022 (4), NTH_2023 (24), Nano_2011 (2), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Sweedman_2006 (4), WAH_2022_2 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (5). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 48 traits from 119 records in 23 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): fire_killed (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 133.33 mm (70-240 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 27.17 mm (15-45 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): legume (4) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1) [sources: NTH_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 26068 mm2 (26068-26068 mm2) [sources: NHNSW_2016]
leaf_length (numerical): 72.5 mm (25-120 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 54.62 mm (15-100 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): deltate (1); oblong (1); obovate (1); orbicular (1); widely_elliptical (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (1); rounded (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (3) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Kocacinar_2003]
plant_growth_form (categorical): climber (1); climber_herbaceous (5); herb (3) [sources: ATRP_2020; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1); prostrate (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1); hydrochory (2) [sources: Gross_1993; Kew_2019_5]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnnn (1); nnyyyyyyyynn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2]
bud_bank_location (categorical): none (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 593.92 mg (350.68-868.74 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 16.38 mm (13-20 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
seed_width (numerical): 11 mm (10-12 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1); ovoid (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]

stem morphology

stem_vessel_density (numerical): 84 {count}/mm2 (84-84 {count}/mm2) [sources: Kocacinar_2003]
stem_vessel_diameter (numerical): 45.6 um (45.6-45.6 um) [sources: Kocacinar_2003]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
NTH_2023	14	24	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/.
NHNSW_2023	11	14	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/.
Cooper_2013	9	12	W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Kooyman_2011	8	11	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/.
Kocacinar_2003	6	6	F. Kocacinar and R. F. Sage. “Photosynthetic pathway alters xylem structure and hydraulic function in herbaceous plants”. Plant, Cell & Environment 26.12 (2003), pp. 2015-2026. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2003.01119.x.
Kew_2019_6	1	5	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wright_2000	5	5	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.
NTH_2022	4	4	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/.
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.
Sweedman_2006	2	4	L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079.
WAH_2022_2	4	4	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2014_2	3	3	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://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/.
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_5	1	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed dispersal data from the 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.
ATRP_2020	1	1	F. A. Zich, B. P. Hyland, T. Whiffin, and R. A. Kerrigan. Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8. 2020. url: https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/intro/index.html.
Gross_1993	1	1	C. L. Gross. “The reproductive ecology of Canavalia rosea (Fabaceae) on Anak Krakatau, Indonesia”. Australian Journal of Botany 41 (1993), pp. 591-599. doi: 10.1071/bt9930591.
Kew_2019_3	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Salt and water tolerance data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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.