Botanical name: Mimosa pigra
Common name: Giant Sensitive Tree
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Mimosoideae
Origin: Tropical America
Mimosa pigra is a leguminous shrub, which can reach up to 6m in height.
Mimosa pigra is closely related to Mimosa pudica. It can be distinguished from Mimosa pudica by its large size, large pods (6 to 8 cm long as opposed to 2.5 cm long) and leaves, which have 6 to 16 pairs of pinnae as opposed to 1 to 2 pairs on Mimosa pudica leaves
Similar plants: Mimosa pigra (Giant Sensitive Tree)
- Acacia cavenia (Espino Cavan)
- Albizia lebbeck (Womans tongue)
- Dichrostachys cinerea (West African Sickle Bush)
- Enterolobium contortisiliquum (Earpod Tree)
- Leucaena leucocephala (Wild Tamarind)
- Lysiloma latisiliquum (Bahamas Lysiloma)
- Mimosa albida (Mimosa)
- Mimosa borealis (Fragrant Mimosa)
- Mimosa dysocarpa (Velvet Pod Mimosa)
- Mimosa pudica (Sensitive Plant)
Link to this plant:
https://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/mimosa_pigra.htm