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Mimosa latispinosa Lam.

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HIGHER TAXON: Mimoseae

GENUS: Mimosa L.

Mimosa latispinosa Lam. [Preferred name]
    Mimosa emirnensis Benth. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Fihinakamijaja [3402]; Rakavaka [3402]; Roiky [3402]; Romeny [3402]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Tanzania (N) [1]
  Indian Ocean
Madagascar (N) [1, 3402]; Mauritius (I) [1915, 3052]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1, 3402] ; Illustration [3402]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [3402] ; Habit: Shrub [3402] ; Lifespan: Perennial [3402] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

  
NOTES:
  Naturalised on the Mascarenes. [1915]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1.

  Brenan, J.P.M., 1959
    Mimosoideae.In:Fl.Trop.East Africa.Hubbard & Milne-Redhead

1915.

  Polhill, R, M., 1990
    Legumineuses.In:Flore des Mascareignes,Vol 80.J. Bosser et a

3052.

  Bojer, W., 1837
    Hortus Mauritianus ou Enumeration des Plants...l'ile Maurice

3402.

  Du Puy, D.J. et al., 2002
    The Leguminosae of Madagascar. RBG Kew.

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