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Vachellia nilotica subsp. indica

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Vachellia nilotica subsp. indica (Benth.) Kyal. & Boatwr.

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Acacia arabica var. indica Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Acacia nilotica subsp. indica (Benth.) Brenan (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Acacia nilotica var. indica (Benth.) A.F.Hill (nomenclatural synonym)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (17), Maslin_2012 (11), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 17 traits from 40 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): 155 mm (60-250 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 15.5 mm (14-17 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): legume_indehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 10.14 mm (1.7-45 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 1.25 mm (0.5-2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.45 cm (0.9-2 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_oblong (1); oblanceolate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (4); tree (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Maslin_2012; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Maslin_2012; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): dense (2); spreading (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Maslin_2012]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yyyyyyyyynnn (1) [sources: Maslin_2012]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 12 m (12-12 m) [sources: Maslin_2012; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231017Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Maslin_2012911B. Maslin. WATTLE, Interactive Identification of Australian Acacia. Version 2. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra, 2014.
ABRS_202244Australian 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_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
WAH_2023_211Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.