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Mimosa tenuiflora (Willd.)Poir.

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HIGHER TAXON: Mimoseae

GENUS: Mimosa L.

Mimosa tenuiflora (Willd.)Poir. [Preferred name]
    Acacia hostilis Mart. {Synonym}
    Acacia tenuiflora Willd. {Synonym}
    Mimosa cabrera H.Karst. {Synonym}
    Mimosa hostilis (C.Mart.)Benth. {Synonym}
    Mimosa limana Rizzini {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Cabrera [2239]; Calumbi [1414]; Carbonal [2239]; Cuji Cabrera [2239]; Jurema [2239]; Jurema Preta [2239]; Tepescohuite [2239]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Central America
El Salvador (N) [1121, 1123, 3348]; Honduras (N) [2239, 3348]; Mexico(North & Central) (N) [2239]; Mexico(South East) (N) [2239]; Panama (N) [3348]
  South America
Brazil (N) [1097, 1414, 3348]; Colombia (N) [1121, 1123, 3348]; Venezuela (N) [1121, 1123, 3348]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [2239, 3348] ; Distribution Map [2239]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3348] ; Habit: Shrub, Tree ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1993 Adams BR

  
USES:
  Medicine [2239]; Weed [2239]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1097.

  Barneby, R.C., 1985
    Brittonia 37(2):125-153 Mimosa in Bahia, Brazil: new taxa...

1121.

  Britton, N.L. & Killip, E.P., 1936
    Ann.New York Acad.Sci.35:101-208 Mim. & Caesalp. of Colombia

1414.

  Lewis, G.P., 1987
    Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 369 pp Legumes of Bahia

2239.

  Barneby, R.C., 1991
    Mem.N.Y.Bot.Gard. 65. Sensitivae Censitae (Mimosa).

3348.

  Stevens, W.D., et al., 2001
    Flora de Nicaragua,85(2)...Missouri Bot.Gard.Press
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