Data for 'Evolutionary history and root trait coordination predict nutrient strategy in tropical legume trees': Fabaceae trait data

This file contains raw trait data for a greenhouse pot experiment of 22 species of tropical and subtropical Fabaceae trees and shrubs, published as Marcellus et al. (2024) ''Evolutionary history and root trait coordination predict nutrient strategy in tropical legume trees' in New Phytologist. Data include growth and biomass (leaf, stem, nodule, thorn, coarse and fine root), leaf traits (specific leaf area, foliar P, A max), symbiotic traits (acetylene reduction activity, arbuscular mycorrhizal colonisation) and root traits (specific root length, diameter, tissue density, root N, root C, root 13C, root 15N and phosphatse activity). Species include seven non-fixers: Adenanthera pavonina, Caesalpinia pulcherrima, Coulteria velutina, Delonix regia, Parkinsonia aculeata, Parkinsonia africana, Parkinsonia florida and 15 fixers: Acacia baileyana, Acacia confusa, Acaciam dealbata, Acacia mearnsii, Acacia saligna, Albizia julibrissin, Albizia lebbeck, Enterolobium cyclocarpum, Leucaena leucocephala, Prosopis chilensis, Prosopis juliflora, Samanea saman, Senegalia senegal, Vachellia erioloba and Vachellia farnesiana.