AusTraits

Punica granatum

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Family Lythraceae

Taxonomy: Punica granatum L.

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), LHI (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (19), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (12), Stephens_2023 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 18 traits from 41 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): 65 mm (40-90 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 65 mm (40-90 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 65 mm (40-90 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): berry (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (2); orange (1); pink (1); red (2); yellow (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 50 mm (30-70 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 15 mm (7-25 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); lanceolate (1); oblanceolate (2); oblong (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (3); tree (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • pollination_system (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Stephens_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 5 m (5-5 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231419Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_20231012N. 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/.
ABRS_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_202233N. 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/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Stephens_202311R. E. Stephens, R. V. Gallagher, L. Dun, W. Cornwell, and H. Sauquet. “Insect pollination for most of angiosperm evolutionary history”. New Phytologist 240.2 (2023), pp. 880-891. ISSN: 1469-8137. doi: 10.1111/nph.18993.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.