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Overview:

Conservation Status

Population Trend:

Growing

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms:

1. Acacia caudata DC.
2. Adenanthera bonplandiana Kunth
3. Adenopodia polystachya (L.)Croat
4. Entada plumieri Spreng.
5. Entadopsis polystachya (L.)Britton & Rose
6. Mimosa bipinnata Aubl.
7. Mimosa caudata Vahl
8. Mimosa chiliantha G.Mey.
9. Mimosa polystachya L.

Notes:

Name Status: Accepted Name. Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Nielsen I.C., Rico M.L., 1994

Place of publication: Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 7:102. 1893

Name verified on 25-Jun-1987 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 24-May-2006

Physical Description

Family Mimosaceae:

The Mimosaceae are mostly tropical and subtropical trees and shrubs comprising about 40 genera and 2,000 species. The leaves are nearly always alternate, stipulate, and bipinnately compound (rarely once-pinnate) They usually have swollen petiole bases called pulvini that commonly function in orientation of the leaves (remember the sensitive plant, Mimosa pudica). The inflorescence is commonly a capitulum (also called a head). The flowers are hypogynous to slightly perigynous, have radial symmetry, petals that are valvate in bud, and commonly a 5-parted calyx and corolla. The stamens are distinct to strongly monadelphous, numerous (rarely as few as 10), and are generally more showy than the perianth. The pistil is simple, comprising a single style and stigma, and a superior ovary with 2-many marginal ovules in a solitary locule. The fruit is usually a legume. -- Gerald Carr

Subfamily Mimosoideae:

Mostly trees or shrubs. Leaves mostly bipinnate. Corolla usually not showy, actinomorphic, sympetalous, the lobes valvate. Stamens 10-numerous, often monadelphous, showy. Pollen released in monads, tetrads, or polyads. Seeds with u-shaped line (pleurogram) present. [Carr]

Habit: Tree • Climbing: Not Climbing

Flowers: Bloom Period: March. • Flower Color: near white, white

Distribution

Range and Population

Native: .

Habitat

Biome

agricultural areas, disturbed areas, natural forest, planted forests, range/grasslands, riparian zones, scrub/shrublands, urban areas

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Growth

Culture: Space 30-40' apart.

Soil: Minimum pH: 5.6 • Maximum pH: 6.5

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun.

Moisture: Drought Tolerance: High

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11. (map)

Similar Species

Members of the genus Enterolobium:

There are approximately 30 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus: E. barinense · E. barnebianum · E. barnebyanum · E. bernebianum · E. blancheti · E. contortisiliqua · E. contortisiliqum · E. contortisiliquum (Earpod Tree) · E. cyclocarpum (Bois Tanniste Rouge) · E. ellipticum · E. glaucescens · E. glaziovii · E. grandifolium · E. guaraniticum · E. gummiferum · E. jamboril · E. maximum · E. mongollo · E. monjollo · E. oldemanii (Prefontaine) · E. oldemannii · E. parvifolium · E. polycephala · E. schomburgkii · E. schomburgkii var. glaziovii · E. schomburgkii var. schomburgkii · E. tamboril · E. timbouva · E. timbouva f. minor · E. timbouva var. canescens

Bibliography

• Bernardi, L. 1984. Contribución a la dendrología paraguaya. I. Boissiera 35:179.
• Burkart, A. E. 1952. Las leguminosas Argentinas - silvestres y cultivadas, ed. 2. (Leg Argent)
• Burkart, A. E., ed. 1969–. Flora ilustrada de Entre Rios. (F EntreR)
• Lewis, G. P. 1987. Legumes of Bahia. (Leg Bahia)
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• Reitz, R., ed. 1965–. Flora ilustrada catarinense. (F SCatarin)
• Thulin,M. 1980 Kew Bull.34:819-20. A new Caesalpinia from NE Kenya.

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Notes

Contributors:

• Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, van Hertum J, eds (2008). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2008 Annual Checklist Taxonomic Classification. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed January 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 9 providers.
• ILDIS
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 27, 2008)

Data Sources:

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 29, 2008:

• Australian National Herbarium
• , Australian National Herbarium
• Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Andes to Amazon Biodiversity Program
• Herbarium of the University of Aarhus, The AAU Herbarium Database
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
• National Herbarium of New South Wales, Plants of Papua New Guinea
• The New York Botanical Garden, Species of Eastern Brazil Vascular Plant Specimens
• USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database

Identifiers:

• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 502306
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13636549
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1032130-2
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDFAB4P030
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: ENCO2
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 37266