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Mimosa suffruticosa (Vatke)Drake

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HIGHER TAXON: Mimoseae

GENUS: Mimosa L.

Mimosa suffruticosa (Vatke)Drake [Preferred name]
    Entada suffruticosa Vatke {Synonym}
    Mimosa decurrens Benth. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Aravoka [3402]; Hazofady [3402]; Roileja [3402]; Roymena [3402]

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

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

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [3402] ; Habit: Shrub [3402], Tree [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:
  Brenan(1959)believes M.decurrens Benth. to be conspecific with M.suffruticosa. [1915]
  Bojer mentions M. decurrens Benth. from Mauritius, but Brenan in FTEA (1959) [1915]
  believes this to be conspecific with M. suffruticosa. [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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