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Mimosa diplotricha

(Giant False Sensitive Plant, Giant Sensitive Plant, Rabo De Iguana, Sierrilla, Wagadrogadro Levu, Zarza, Zarza Zonza)

Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Cola De Iguana, Giant False Sensitive Plant, Giant Sensitive Plant, Giant Sensitive-Plant, Rabo De Iguana, Sierrilla, Wagadrogadro Levu, Zarza, Zarza Zonza

Description

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Family Fabaceae

The Fabaceae are herbs, vines , shrubs , trees , and lianas found in both temperate and tropical areas. They comprise one of the largest families of flowering plants , numbering 630 genera and 18,000 species. The leaves are stipulate , nearly always alternate, and range from bipinnately or palmately compound to simple . The petiole base is commonly enlarged into a pulvinus that commonly functions in orientation of the leaves (sometimes very responsively, as in the sensitive plant, Mimosa pudica). The flowers are usually bisexual , actinomorphic to zygomorphic, slightly to strongly perigynous, and commonly in racemes , spikes, or heads . The perianth commonly consists of a calyx and corolla of 5 segments each. The androecium consists of commonly 1- many stamens (most commonly 10), distinct or variously united , sometimes some of them reduced to staminodes. The pistil is simple, often stipitate , comprising a single style and stigma, and a superior ovary with one locule containing 2-many marginal ovules. The fruit is usually a legume, sometimes a samara, loment, follicle, indehiscent pod, achene, drupe, or berry. The seeds often have a hard coat with hourglass-shaped cells , and sometimes bear a u-shaped line called a pleurogram. [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]

Genus Mimosa

Trees shrubs or herbs, mostly armed ; leaves bipinnate; secondary rachides mostly 2-stipellate. Inflorescence globose head or cylindric spike. Flowers small, sessile 6-3-merous. Calyx usually minute. Petals more or less connate . Stamens double the number of petals or equal, free , often twice as long as the corol¬la; anthers small, eglandular . Ovary usually sessile, 2 or more ovuled; style fill form. Fruit oblong or linear , usually plano-compressed, valves 2, separating from the persistent margins . Seeds ovate or orbicular , flat.

A genus with about 600 species, mostly from tropics and subtropics."Mimosa". in Flora of Pakistan . Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.

Physical Description

Habit: Shrub • Climbing: Not Climbing

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,028 meters (0 to 9,934 feet).Mean = 402.540 meters (1,320.669 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,012.220 based on 61 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

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Unambiguous Synonyms

  1. Mimosa diplotricha C. Wright ex Sauvalle
  2. Mimosa diplotricha Sauvalle
  3. Mimosa invisa C.Mart.
  4. Mimosa longisiliqua Lam.
  5. Morongia pilosa Standl.
  6. Schrankia brachycarpa Benth.
  7. Schrankia pilosa (Standl.)J.F.Macbr.

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: –

Place of publication : F. A. Sauvalle, Anales Acad. Ci. Méd. Habana 5:405. 1869 (Fl. cub. 34)

Name verified on 11-May-2000 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 25-Apr-2006

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Mimosa

There are approximately 1561 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

M. abstergens · M. acanthocarpa var. desmanthocarpa · M. acantholoba · M. acantholoba var. eurycarpa · M. acantholoba var. liesneri · M. acantholoba var. molinarum · M. acantholoba var. platycarpa · M. acantholoba var. seticuspis · M. acapulcensis · M. accedens · M. acerba · M. acerba var. acerba · M. acerba var. asperrimoides · M. acerba var. latifolia · M. acerba var. minor · M. acerba var. strigosa · M. acroconica · M. aculeata · M. aculeaticarpa (Cat's-Claw Mimosa) · M. aculeaticarpa var. aculeaticarpa · M. aculeaticarpa var. desmanthocarpa · M. aculeaticarpa var. imparilis · M. acutistipula · M. acutistipula var. ferrea · M. adamantina · M. adamantina var. hebecarpa · M. adenantheroides · M. adenocarpa · M. adenocarpa f. inermis · M. adenocarpa f. paraguariensis · M. adenocarpa var. multiglandulosa · M. adenophylla · M. adenophylla var. adenophylla · M. adenophylla var. armandiana · M. adenophylla var. mitis · M. adenotricha · M. adversa · M. aemula · M. affinis · M. agrestis · M. aguapeia · M. albida · M. albida var. aequatoriana · M. albida var. albida · M. albida var. erratica · M. albida var. pochutlensis · M. albida var. strigosa · M. albida var. willdenowii · M. albolanata · M. albolanata var. albolanata · M. albolanata var. brasiliana · M. albolanata var. grossiceps · M. albolanata var. paucipinna · M. algarrobo · M. alleniana · M. altissima · M. altoparanensis · M. amambayensis · M. amambayensis var. amambayensis · M. amambayensis var. glabrata · M. amnis-atri · M. amphigena · M. amphigena var. amphigena · M. amphigena var. eglandulosa · M. amphigena var. glabrescens · M. amphigena var. inermis · M. amphigena var. trachycarpoides · M. andina · M. andreana · M. andringitrensis · M. angusta · M. angustisiliqua · M. annularis · M. annularis var. odora · M. annularis var. xinguensis · M. antioguensis · M. antioquensis · M. antioquensis var. isthmensis · M. antioquiensis · M. antioquiensis var. isthmensis · M. antrorsa · M. aparadensis · M. apleura · M. apodocarpa · M. apodocarpa var. genuina · M. apodocarpa var. hostilis · M. apodocarpa var. intermedia · M. appressa · M. arachnoidea · M. arachnoides · M. arcuata · M. arcuatifolia · M. arenosa (Elegant Mimosa) · M. arenosa var. leiocarpa · M. argentea · M. argentinensis · M. argentinensis var. argentinensis · M. argentinensis var. saltensis · M. argillicola · M. argillicola major

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:

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Footnotes

Last Revised: 2008-09-28