Prunus dulcis
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Family Rosaceae
Taxonomy: Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D.A.Webb
Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Amygdalus dulcis Mill. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Prunus amygdalus Batsch (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Vic (doubtfully naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Cheal_2017 (5), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (18), SAH_2022 (2), SAH_2023 (5), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 23 traits from 37 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.
fire response
- post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: Cheal_2017]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 47.5 mm (35-60 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): drupe (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_colour (categorical): green (1); grey (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 75 mm (30-120 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 20 mm (10-30 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 1.75 cm (1-2.5 cm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); lanceolate (2); ovate (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): obtuse (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_crenate (2); toothed_serrate (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (3); tree (3) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): dense (1) [sources: RBGV_2022]
- seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: Cheal_2017]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 8 m (8-8 m) [sources: RBGV_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| RBGV_2023 | 14 | 18 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| Cheal_2017 | 5 | 5 | D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010. |
| SAH_2023 | 5 | 5 | 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/. |
| RBGV_2022 | 4 | 4 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| SAH_2022 | 2 | 2 | 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/. |
| 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. |