Mimosa


Key to Indian species of Genus Mimosa except Mimosa diplotricha
1a. Rachis shorter than 5 cm.....................................................................……….....  (2)
1b. Rachis longer than 5 cm...........................................................................………. (3)

2a. Pinnae 1-2 pairs, clustered (digitate) at tip of rachis; leaflets 12-20 pairs; pod glabrous, 3-5 seeded....................    Mimosa pudica
2b. Pinnae 3-5 pairs, spaced on rachis; leaflets 6-10 pairs; pod velvety, 5-8 cm long, 5-8 seeded; sutures prickly..…   Mimosa hamata

3a. Sutures of pod with strong recurved prickles; leaflets semicordate at base.......... (4)
3b. Sutures of pod with few small or no prickles; leaflets semireactangular at base... (5)

4a. Pinnae 3-5 pairs about 2 cm apart; leaflets 4-5 pairs, distant; pods usually acute at tip, 15 mm broad....... ... ... ...   Mimosa polyancistra
4b. Pinnae 5-7 pairs about 12 mm apart; leaflets 7-8 pairs, approximate; pods obtuse at tip, 10-12 mm broad ............. Mimosa prainiana

5a. Pinnae 4-6 pairs; leaflets 10-15 pairs, 10-18 mm long; pod 15-18 mm broad...………………………………………..  Mimosa rubicaulis
5b. Pinnae 6 or more pairs; leaflets 12 or more pairs, less than 12 mm long; pod  less than 12 mm broad.....................(6)

6a. Pinnae 6-8 pairs; leaflets 12-18 pairs, 8-10 mm long; pod much curved, 8-10 mm broad....................................….. Mimosa barberi
6b. Pinnae 8-12 pairs, leaflets 16-20 pairs, 5-8 mm long; pods little curved, 10-12 mm broad......................................... Mimosa himalayana
 
Mimosa diplotricha Sauvalle (India (I); Karnataka ; Kerala ; Tamil Nadu and other countries as per ILDIS) (Stem with prickles- pinnae (3)- 7 or 10 as per Flora of China and 4 to 9 pinnae as per Factsheet)
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Mimosa diplotricha var. inermis (Adelb.) M.K. Alam & M. Yusof (Indonesia (N) ; Irian Jaya (N); Jawa (N); Mauritius (I); Papua New Guinea (N); Sri Lanka (I) as per ILDIS) (Stem without prickles- pinnae (3)- 7 or 10 as per Flora of China)
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