Prosopis juliflora
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Family Fabaceae
Taxonomy: Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC.
Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Mimosa juliflora Sw. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Neltuma juliflora (Sw.) Raf. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC. var. juliflora (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, SA eFlora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (19), SAH_2023 (9), WAH_2022_2 (6), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 17 traits from 42 records in 7 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): 145 mm (100-180 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 11 mm (10-12 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): legume (1); legume_indehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_colour (categorical): brown (2); yellow (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 31.83 mm (5-80 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 2.25 mm (1.5-3 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_oblong (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
- leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (4); tree (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
seed morphology
- seed_shape (categorical): ovoid_flattened (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 8 m (6-9 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; WAH_2023_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 12 | 19 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| SAH_2023 | 8 | 9 | S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 3 | 6 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.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. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 1 | 2 | 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. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |