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Mimosa diplotricha var. diplotricha
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Mimosoideae)
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Citation: Mimosa diplotricha C. Wight ex Sanvalle, Anales Acad. Ci. Med. Habana 5: 405. 1868, var. diplotricha; Delin Wu & Ivan C. Nielsen, Flora China 10: 53. 2010.
Mimosa invisia C. Mart., Flora 20: Biebl. 8: 121. 1837, non C. Mart. ex Colla 1834; Nair, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 61:469.1964; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 101. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 168. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 94. 1988; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 68. 1992; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 151. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 231. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 175. 1994; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 205. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 268. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Aanathottavadi
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Description:
Rambling shrubs, stem pubescent, prickles short, in 4-rows. Leaves to 10 cm long, pinnae opposite, to 5 cm long, leaflets to 35 pairs, to 5 x 1 mm, oblong, truncate at base, glabrous; rachis prickled. Head to 1.5 cm across, in terminal racemes, peduncled. Flowers many, 3 mm long, pink. Stamens 10, filaments 6 mm long. Pods 2-5 cm long, bristly, black when mature.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-March
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Weed in degraded forests, also in the plains
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Distribution:
Native of Tropical America; a weed in India
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
White, Rose
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Weed:
Yes
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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