Lablab purpureus
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Family Fabaceae
Taxonomy: Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet
Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Dolichos lablab L. (taxonomic synonym)
- Dolichos purpureus L. (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Phaseolus lunatus L. (misapplied)
Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), ChI (naturalised), NT (doubtfully naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), NI (doubtfully naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, NT eFlora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 4 traits from 7 records in 4 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): climber (1); climber_herbaceous (1); herb (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): annual (2); perennial (1); short_lived_perennial (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 2 m (2-2 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 1 | 1 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |