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Macroptilium lathyroides

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Macroptilium lathyroides (L.) Urb.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Phaseolus lathyroides L. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (18), NTH_2022 (4), NTH_2023 (19), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 24 traits from 56 records in 9 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): green (1); pink (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 92.5 mm (80-105 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 3 mm (3-3 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): legume (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 54.5 mm (30-80 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 21 mm (10-30 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 2.5 cm (1-4 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): deltate (1); elliptical (1); lanceolate (2); narrowly_elliptical (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: 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
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (4); biennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; 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 (2); erect (3); prostrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnny (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 3.62 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 2.5 mm (2.5-2.5 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): reniform (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 1.17 m (1-1.5 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NTH_20231519D. 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_20231418N. 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_202244N. 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/.
NTH_202244D. 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_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2014_233Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
WAH_2023_211Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.