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Mimosa pigra (bashful plant; catclaw mimosa; Giant sensitive plant; Giant sensitive tree; Giant trembling plant; Mimosa; giant mimosa; black mimosa; thorny sensitive plant)

Synonyms: Mimosa asperata pigra; Mimosa asperata var. pigra; Mimosa brasiliensis; Mimosa polycantha
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Wikipedia Abstract

Mimosa pigra, commonly known as the giant sensitive tree, (pigra = lazy, slow), is a species of the genus Mimosa, in the family Fabaceae. It is native to the Neotropics, but has been listed as one of the world's 100 worst invasive species and forms dense, thorny, impenetrable thickets, particularly in wet areas. The genus Mimosa (Mimosaceae) contains 400-450 species, which are mostly native to South America. Mimosa pigra is a woody invasive shrub that originates from tropical America and has now become widespread throughout the tropics.
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Infraspecies

Mimosa pigra var. asperata (Puerto Rico sensitive-briar) (Attributes)
Mimosa pigra var. dehiscens
Mimosa pigra var. pigra (Attributes)

Invasive Species

View ISSG Record: Mimosa pigra

Attributes

Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Specific Gravity [2]  0.729
Structure [1]  Shrub

Protected Areas

Predators

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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♦ 1Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 2Chave J, Coomes D, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Swenson NG, Zanne AE (2009) Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Ecology Letters 12: 351-366. Zanne AE, Lopez-Gonzalez G, Coomes DA, Ilic J, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Miller RB, Swenson NG, Wiemann MC, Chave J (2009) Data from: Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Dryad Digital Repository.
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 4Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
♦ 5Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0