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Mimosa myriadena

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

(Bentham) Bentham

Common Names

• Sierra Iguana (Colombia)

Geographical Habitats

• Amazonas
• Pará - Brazil
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Peru
• Suriname
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Shrubland
• thickets
• disturbed areas
• forests
• riverside forest

Flowering Times

• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Nov

Clambering vine or high-climbing liana to 15m with minute sharp recurved barbs, quadrangular stems. Bipinnate leaves with 8-12 pairs of 20-30 pairs of leaflets, mucronulate leaflets to 8mm long. Axillary & terminal spinkes or panicles of white flowers, corolla to 2mm long, 5 petals. Brown legume to 75mm x 10mm.

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• FB
• NYBG
• The Plant List 2
• FOPE
• HUA