Sechium edule
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Family Cucurbitaceae
Taxonomy: Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw.
Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30
Distribution (APC): Qld (doubtfully naturalised), NSW (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (5), NHNSW_2023 (13), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 17 traits from 23 records in 5 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); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- sex_type (categorical): monoecious (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 140 mm (100-180 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 80 mm (60-100 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_colour (categorical): green (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 175 mm (100-250 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 15 cm (15-15 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): orbicular (1); ovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): climber_herbaceous (2); herb (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): prostrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 20 mm (20-20 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NHNSW_2023 | 10 | 13 | N. 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_2022 | 5 | 5 | N. 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/. |
| NHNSW_2014_2 | 2 | 2 | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.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. |