Ceratonia siliqua

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Ceratonia siliqua L.

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

Distribution (APC): SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (1), ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (20), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (5), NHNSW_2023 (19), Stephens_2023 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_2021 (26). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 49 traits from 82 records in 10 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): red_brown (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): dioecious (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 187.5 mm (100-300 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 22.5 mm (15-35 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): legume (1); legume_indehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1); indehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 65.83 mm (30-150 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 35.75 mm (25-45 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 2.5 cm (1-4 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); obovate (2); orbicular (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): undulate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (2); tree (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): spreading (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
pollination_system (categorical): insect (1); wind (1) [sources: Stephens_2023]
flowering_time (categorical): yyyyynnnnnny (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 9 mm (8-10 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
seed_width (numerical): 7.5 mm (7-8 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
seed_shape (categorical): discoid (1); ovoid (1); ovoid_elongated (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 10 m (10-10 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
eFLOWER_2021	23	26	J. Schönenberger, M. Balthazar, A. L. Martinez, B. Albert, C. Prieu, S. Magallon, and H. Sauquet. “Phylogenetic analysis of fossil flowers using an angiosperm-wide data set: proof-of-concept and challenges ahead”. American Journal of Botany 107.10 (2020), pp. 1433-1448. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1538.
ABRS_2023	14	20	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
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	5	5	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/.
ABRS_2022	4	4	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2014_2	3	3	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ABRS_1981	1	1	B. A. Barlow, H. T. Clifford, A. S. George, and A. K. A. McCusker. Flora of Australia. 1981. url: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/flora/main/.
Stephens_2023	1	1	R. E. Stephens, R. V. Gallagher, L. Dun, W. Cornwell, and H. Sauquet. “Insect pollination for most of angiosperm evolutionary history”. New Phytologist 240.2 (2023), pp. 880-891. ISSN: 1469-8137. doi: 10.1111/nph.18993.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.