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Mimosa pigra L.

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HIGHER TAXON: Mimoseae

GENUS: Mimosa L.

Mimosa pigra L. [Preferred name]
    Mimosa asperata var. pigra Willd. {Synonym}
    Mimosa brasiliensis Niederl. {Synonym}
    Mimosa canescens Willd. {Synonym}
    Mimosa ciliata Willd. {Synonym}
    Mimosa hispida Willd. {Synonym}
    Mimosa polyacantha Willd. {Synonym}
    Mimosa polycantha Willd. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Aguiste [3348]; Amourette [2239]; Arana-de-gato Negro [2239]; Bambuco [2239]; Carbon [1645]; Carpinchera [2239]; Dormilona [2304]; Dormilona Grande [2304]; Espina De Vaca [2239]; Jiguri [2239]; Jiquiri Grande [1414]; Juqueri [2239]; Pingahuisacha [2239]; Roitia [3402]; Roui [3402]; Rouitibe [3402]; Roy [3402]; Trupilla [2239]; Una-de-gato [2239]; Zamourette [2239]; Zarza [2239]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (N) [30]; Benin (N) [11]; Botswana (N) [6]; Burkina (N) [8]; Burundi (N) [8]; Cameroon (N) [8]; Central African Rep. (N) [8]; Chad (N) [64]; Egypt (I) [454]; Ethiopia (N) [39]; Gambia The (N) [11]; Ghana (N) [11]; Guinea (N) [11]; Guinea Bissau (N) [5]; Ivory Coast (N) [11]; Kenya (N) [1]; Liberia (N) [8]; Malawi (N) [6]; Mali (N) [11]; Mauritania (N) [8]; Mozambique (N) [6]; Namibia (N) [6]; Niger (N) [78]; Nigeria (N) [11]; Rwanda (N) [7]; Senegal (N) [11]; Sierra Leone (N) [11]; Somalia (N) [39]; South Africa (N) [19]; Sudan (N) [29]; Tanzania (N) [1]; Togo (N) [23]; Uganda (N) [1]; Zaire (N) [7]; Zambia (N) [6]; Zimbabwe (N) [6]
  Asia
India (I) [3366]; Uttar Pradesh [3366]; West Bengal [3366]; Indonesia (I) [2022]; Jawa (I) [2022]; Myanmar (I) [3366]; Singapore (I) [3938]; Sumatera (I) [2022]; Thailand (I) [1998]; Vietnam (I) [1913]
  Australasia
Australia (I) [1880]; Papua New Guinea (I) [261]
  Caribbean
Cuba (N) [2239]; Grenada (N) [2239]; Guadeloupe (N) [2239]; Jamaica (I) [1056, 2239]; Martinique (N) [2239]; Puerto Rico (I) [2239]; St Lucia (N) [2239]; St Vincent (N) [2239]; Trinidad & Tobago (N) [2239]
  Central America
Belize (N) [1242, 1614, 1645]; Costa Rica (N) [1367, 1614, 1658, 2416]; El Salvador (N) [1645, 2156]; Guatemala (N) [1645]; Honduras (N) [1614]; Mexico(North & Central) (N) [2239]; Mexico(South East) (N) [2239]; Nicaragua (N) [1614, 3348]; Panama (N) [1121, 1123, 1222, 1224, 1604, 1645]
  Indian Ocean
Madagascar (N) [1, 261, 1982, 3402]; Mauritius (N) [1, 261, 1915]
  South America
Argentina (N) [37, 1530, 1712]; Bolivia (N) [37, 1121, 1289]; Brazil (N) [37, 1123, 1167, 1233, 1356, 1414, 1604]; Colombia (N) [37, 1121, 1292]; Ecuador (N) [1121]; French Guiana (N) [1121, 1356, 1408]; Galapagos (U) [1712]; Guyana (N) [1121]; Paraguay (N) [37, 1121, 1614]; Peru (N) [37, 1123, 1442, 1604]; Surinam (N) [1121]; Uruguay (N) [37]; Venezuela (N) [37, 1121, 1356]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Guineo-Congolian freshwater swamp and aquatic vegetation [7];
    Lake Victoria regional mosaic; freshwater swamp and aquatic vegetation [1];
    Somalia-Masai freshwater swamp and aquatic vegetation [1];
    Sudanian freshwater swamp and aquatic vegetation [11];
    Zambezian freshwater swamp and aquatic vegetation [1];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1, 6, 7, 261, 1913, 1998, 2022, 3348, 3402, 3898] ; Distribution Map [2239] ; Illustration [1, 6, 261, 1913, 1998]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing [261] [3402], Not climbing [3402] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3348], 2005-10 Agababian M - Ed.scr.French Names ; Habit: Shrub [261] [3402] ; Lifespan: Perennial [261] [3402] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1993 Adams BR, 1993 Polhill RM, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar

  
USES:
  Medicine [3402]; Weed [1915, 1998, 2022]; Wood [1998]

  
NOTES:
  American species, restricted to Paraguay & Argentina. Verdcourt however, []
  present usage. [2239]
  Pantropical weed probably from South America, introduced all over the tropics. [1998]
  Introduced into Asia. [261]
  Name conserved by Verdcourt's proposal (1989). [2022]
  Barneby (1989) proposed M.pellita Willd. as legal name for the species. [2022]

  
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