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Mimosa ceratonia

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

Linnaeus

Common Names

• Salsa
• Zarza
• Lamedora
• Black Amaret
• Amarat Steckel
• Amarat

Geographical Habitats

• Brazil
• French Guiana
• Puerto Rico
• Hispaniola
• Leeward islands
• Lesser Antilles
• Venezuela
• Virgin islands - USA
• Windward Islands

Natural Habitats

• Shrubland
• roadside
• disturbed areas
• pasture
• montane forest

Flowering Times

• Jun-Jan (Puerto Rico)

Fruiting Times

• Dec-Mar (Puerto Rico)

Glabrous tree, shrub or climbing spiny woody vine with terminal racemes or panicles with heads 17mm diameter of 10mm perfumed cream, pink or white flowers 2mm long, petals or lobes to 6mm long, recurved spines on thorny glabrous black pods to 80mm long x 18mm, plant thorny, bipinnate leaves glabrous above & beneath, 3-5 pairs of leaflets to 25mm long

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• APDC
• The Plant List 2
• VOPR
• Botanicus
• NAF
• ILDIS
• SAFIO