Mimosa pigra (Giant Sensitive Tree)

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)