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Mimosa pigra

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

Linnaeus

Common Names

• Dormilona (Costa Rica)
• Dormilona Grande (Costa Rica)
• Aguiste
• Amourette
• Arana-de-gato Negro
• Bambuco
• Carbon
• Carpinchera
• Espina De Vaca
• Jiguri
• Jiquiri Grande
• Juqueri
• Pingahuisacha
• Roitia
• Roui
• Rouitibe
• Roy
• Trupilla
• Una-de-gato
• Zamourette
• Zarza

Geographical Habitats

• Argentina
• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Paraguay
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• Coastal
• swamps
• streamside
• lakeside
• riverside

Flowering Times

• Oct (Paraguay)

Fruiting Times

• Oct (Paraguay)

Scrambling, climbing or prostrate pubescent or bristly shrub to 2m with prickly stems, recurved prickles. Bipinnate leaves of 7-15 pairs of 40 pairs of leaflets, leaflets to 8mm long, hispid beneath, sensitive to touch. Densely pubescent racemes to 30mm long, of pink-lilac flowers, calyx 2mm long, corolla 4mm long. Hispid pods to 80mm x 12mm.

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• FOPE
• Standley
• Fedde
• ILDIS