Mimosa pigra
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Family Fabaceae
Taxonomy: Mimosa pigra L.
Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30
Distribution (APC): NT (naturalised), Qld (doubtfully naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (14), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (21), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 18 traits from 44 records in 6 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 92.5 mm (50-120 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 10.25 mm (8-14 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): legume (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 16.88 mm (3-60 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 1 mm (1-1 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): linear (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 4.88 mm (4-6 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- seed_width (numerical): 2.5 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
- seed_shape (categorical): ovoid_elongated (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 4.5 m (4-5 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NTH_2023 | 14 | 21 | 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/. |
| ABRS_2023 | 12 | 14 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| ABRS_2022 | 3 | 3 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| NTH_2022 | 3 | 3 | 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/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |