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Mimosa sensitiva

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

Linnaeus

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Amazonas
• Minas Gerais
• Bahia - Brazil
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forest edge
• riverside
• marsh areas
• shrubland

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Feb
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Oct
• Dec

Prickly twining vine sometimes scandent or sprawling. Puberulent branchlets armed with small prickles. Bipinnate leaves sensitive to touch, light & movement, largest leaflets to 50mm x 30mm, villous both sides or glabrous above. Terminal racemes, pink to purple flowers. Sparsely spiny or setose fruit 20mm x 6mm

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• FB
• APDC
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• ILDIS
• FOPE