Cathormion umbellatum

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Cathormion umbellatum (Vahl) Kosterm.

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)

Cathormion umbellatum (Vahl) Kosterm. subsp. umbellatum (nomenclatural synonym)
Cathormium umbellatum Dunlop, G.J.Leach & Cowie (orthographic variant)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Brock_1993 (11), Cooper_2013 (13), Munroe_2019 (1), NTH_2014 (4), NTH_2022 (4), NTH_2023 (10), Schmidt_2003 (14), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (19). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 45 traits from 86 records in 13 datasets.

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

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 122.5 mm (35-210 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
fruit_width (numerical): 20 mm (15-25 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
fruit_type (categorical): legume (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; NTH_2023; WAH_2023_2]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 29.75 mm (15-43 mm) [sources: Brock_1993; NTH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 17.25 mm (8-27 mm) [sources: Brock_1993; NTH_2023]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.08 g/g (0.08-0.08 g/g) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); obovate (1); ovate (1) [sources: Brock_1993; NTH_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: Brock_1993; NTH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NTH_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: Munroe_2019; Schmidt_2003]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (3); tree (6) [sources: Brock_1993; Cooper_2013; NTH_2022; Schmidt_2003; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: Brock_1993; NTH_2022; Schmidt_2003; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): dense (1) [sources: NTH_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): deciduous (1); evergreen (2) [sources: Brock_1993; NTH_2014; Schmidt_2003]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1); ectomycorrhizal (1) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnyyy (1); nnnnnnnyyynn (1); nnnnnnnyyyyn (1) [sources: Brock_1993; Cooper_2013; NTH_2014]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 22 mg/g (22-22 mg/g) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
leaf_delta13C (numerical): -28.88 {delta}[ppth] (-28.88--28.88 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Schmidt_2003]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 12 mm (11-13 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
seed_width (numerical): 10 mm (10-10 mm) [sources: NTH_2014]
seed_shape (categorical): ovoid_elongated (1) [sources: NTH_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 13.62 m (3-24 m) [sources: Brock_1993; Cooper_2013; NTH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
eFLOWER_Dun_2022	15	19	L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
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.
NTH_2023	8	10	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/.
NTH_2014	4	4	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	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/.
WAH_2022_2	3	3	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_2	2	3	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Munroe_2019	1	1	S. E. M. Munroe, F. A. McInerney, J. Andrae, N. Welti, G. R. Guerin, E. Leitch, T. Hall, S. Szarvas, R. Atkins, S. Caddy-Retalic, and B. Sparrow. “The Photosynthetic Pathways of Plant Species Surveyed in Australia's National Terrestrial Monitoring Network”. Scientific Data 8 (2021), p. 97. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00877-z.
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.