Mimosa pigra (Giant Sensitive Tree)

Mimosa pigra (Giant Sensitive Tree) with pink flowers and green fern-like leaves on branches.

Botanical name: Mimosa pigra

Common name: Giant Sensitive Tree

Family: Fabaceae

Subfamily: Mimosoideae

Origin: Tropical America

USDA Plant Hardiness Map

USDA Zone: 9-10?

USDA Plant Hardiness MapLarge shrub 5-10 ft tallSemi-shadeShadeFull sunWatering: Moderate. Water when top soil feels dryWatering: Regular. Let topsoil dry slightlyPink flowersThorny or spiny

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

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Mimosa pigra (Giant Sensitive Tree) with green leaves and brown fuzzy fruit on plant
Mimosa pigra (Giant Sensitive Tree) orange fruit close up among dense green fern-like leaves
Mimosa pigra (Giant Sensitive Tree) with green leaves and brown pods on this woody plant.
Mimosa pigra (Giant Sensitive Tree) brown hairy fruit clusters near fine green leaves close up
Mimosa pigra (Giant Sensitive Tree) pale pink fluffy flower on thorny stem close up
Mimosa pigra (Giant Sensitive Tree) pink flower and green leaves close up water droplets


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