Vachellia karroo
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Family Fabaceae
Taxonomy: Vachellia karroo (Hayne) Banfi & Galasso
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Acacia karroo Hayne (basionym)
Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (18), WAH_2022_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 14 traits from 27 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.
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 100 mm (50-150 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 6 mm (5-7 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): legume (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 17.88 mm (3.5-40 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 1.75 mm (1-2.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 0.75 cm (0.5-1 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_oblong (1); oblanceolate (1); oblong (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (3); tree (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 12 m (12-12 m) [sources: ABRS_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 11 | 18 | 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. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 3 | 3 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. 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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.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. |