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Mimosa velloziana

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

Martius

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• N. Argentina
• Bolivia
• Bahia
• Distrito Federal
• Goiás
• Minas Gerais
• Rio de Janeiro
• Roraima
• São Paulo - Brazil
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Guatemala
• Jamaica
• S. Mexico
• Panama
• Paraguay
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Woodland
• secondary vegetation
• riverside
• forest edge
• thicket

Flowering Times

• Feb (Guatemala)

Fruiting Times

• Feb (Guatemala)

Sometimes scandent armed glabrous shrub, scrambler or unarmed or tree, glabrous branchlets with recurved prickles 2mm long. Sensitive pinnate leaves with 1 pair of pinnae, 2 pairs of leaflets with bristly margins, glabrous above setose beneath to 40mm x 15mm. Axillary inflorescence with bracts 6mm diameter, purple-pink or whitish flowers with glabrous corolla 2mm long. Glabrous red beaked velvety legume with setose margin to 30mm x 10mm with 1-3 joints, sharply recurved prickles

Further References

• Mobot
• FB
• APDC
• The Plant List 2
• NAF
• Gleason & Moldenke
• Standley
• ILDIS
• USNH
• Biodiversity of Lianas