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Mimosa casta

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

Linnaeus

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• N. Brazil
• Colombia
• Jamaica
• Leeward islands
• Panama
• Tobago & Trinidad
• Turks & Caicos
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Secondary thickets
• disturbed areas
• grassland

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

Thorny woody climbing or prostrate vine or glabrous spiny tree. Bipinnate leaves with 3-4 pairs, glabrous above, sparsely sericeous beneath, strigose leaflets to 40mm x 15mm. Axillary globose heads of reddish, white or lavender flowers, corolla to 2mm long, lobes to 10mm long, recurved spines. Glabrous legumes bristly or spiny on edges to 40mm x 12mm.

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• FB
• APDC
• The Plant List 2
• VOPR
• Botanicus
• NAF
• Gleason & Moldenke