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Mimosa diplotricha Sauvalle

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HIGHER TAXON: Mimoseae

GENUS: Mimosa L.

Mimosa diplotricha Sauvalle [Preferred name]
    Mimosa invisa C.Mart. {Synonym}
    Mimosa longisiliqua Lam. {Synonym}
    Morongia pilosa Standl. {Synonym}
    Schrankia brachycarpa Benth. {Synonym}
    Schrankia pilosa (Standl.)J.F.Macbr. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Cola De Iguana [3348]; Giant Sensitive Plant [2264]; Rabo De Iguana [1645]; Sierrilla [1470]; Wagadrogadro Levu [2264]; Zarza [1645]; Zarza Zonza [1645]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Burundi (I) [8]; Cameroon (I) [8]; Ethiopia (I) [24]; Ghana (I) [8]; Mozambique (I) [6]; Nigeria (I) [8]; Rwanda (I) [38]; Tanzania (I) [1]; Togo (I) [23]; Zaire (I) [7]; Zimbabwe (I) [8]
  Asia
China (I) [2085]; East Timor (I) [2022]; India (I) [1914, 3380]; Karnataka [1914]; Kerala [3380]; Tamil Nadu [1914]; Indonesia (I) [2022]; Irian Jaya (I) [261]; Jawa (N) [1915, 2022]; Laos (I) [1913]; Lesser Sunda Is (N) [2022]; Malaysia (I) [2022]; Peninsular Malaysia (N) [2022]; Philippines (I) [2022]; Sri Lanka (I) [1927]; Sumatera (N) [2022]; Thailand (I) [1998]; Vietnam (I) [1913]
  Australasia
Australia (N) [1880]; Papua New Guinea (I) [261, 2022]
  Caribbean
Cuba (N) [2239]; Haiti (N) [2239]; Jamaica (I) [1056]; Puerto Rico (N) [2239]
  Central America
Costa Rica (N) [2239]; El Salvador (N) [2156, 2239]; Guatemala (N) [2239]; Honduras (N) [2239]; Mexico (N) [37, 1121, 1123, 1167, 1614]; Nicaragua (N) [3348]; Panama (N) [37, 1121, 1123, 1224, 1614]
  Indian Ocean
Mauritius (I) [1915]; Reunion (I) [1915]
  Pacific Ocean
Northern Marianas (I) [2235]; Solomon Is (I) [261]
  South America
Argentina (N) [37, 1167]; Bolivia (N) [37, 1121, 1289]; Brazil (N) [1, 37, 1121, 1123, 1167, 1233, 1414]; Colombia (N) [37, 1121, 1123]; Ecuador (N) [2239]; Paraguay (N) [37, 1167]; Peru (N) [37]; Venezuela (N) [1121]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [24];
    Guinea-Congolian anthropic landscapes [7];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1, 261, 1913, 1915, 1919, 1998, 2022, 2239, 3348] ; Distribution Map [2239] ; Illustration [261, 1913, 1915, 1998]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing [1915] [2022], Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3348] ; Habit: Herb [2022], Shrub [1915] [2022] ; Lifespan: Perennial [2022] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Adams BR, 1993 Polhill RM, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C

  
USES:
  Environmental [1915, 1998, 2022]; Forage [2022, 2239]; Medicine [1140, 1913]; Miscellaneous [24]; Weed [2022, 2264]; Wood [1913]

  
NOTES:
  May not be primitively native in North America and the Antilles. []
  A native of Brazil introduced into the Old World as cover crop. [2832]
  This taxon was known as M.invisa Martius, but the M.invisa of Colla is older. [1915]
  Poisonous to pigs. [2022]
  Portion of seed has delayed germination stimulated by fire. [2022]
  Native to South America. [1915]

  
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  Brenan, J.P.M., 1970
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  Robyns, W.(Ed.), 1952
    Flore du Congo Belge,Vol.3. Mimosoideae, Caesalpinoideae.

8.

  Lock, J.M., 1985
    Specimen in Herb.Kew

23.

  Ern, H., 1984
    Leguminosae. In:Flore analytique du Togo.Brunel,J.F. et al.

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1914.

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1915.

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1919.

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1927.

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2022.

  Nielsen, I.C., 1992
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  Chen, T.C., 1988
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    Flora of Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
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