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Taxon:
Mimosa pudica
L.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Mimosa
Family:
Fabaceae
(alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
Tribe:
Mimoseae
Nomen number:
24405
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:518. 1753
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
Verified:
05/12/2000
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Reference(s)
Adams, C.
1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
Aubréville, A. et al., eds.
1960-. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
Aubréville, A. et al., eds.
1961-. Flore du Gabon.
Barneby, R. C.
1991. Sensitivae censitae: a description of the genus
Mimosa
Linnaeus (Mimosaceae) in the New World. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 65:624.
Bässler, M.
1985. Die Gattung
Mimosa
(Leguminosae - Mimosoideae) in Cuba. Feddes Repert. 96:605.
URL:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/%28ISSN%291522-239Xb/issues
Brunel, J. F. et al., eds.
1984. Flore analytique du Togo. Phanerogames
Chinese Academy of Sciences.
1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds.
1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Encke, F. et al.
1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Mimosa+pudica&quantity=1
Fouché, J.-G.
1999. pers. comm.
Note:
re. French common names
Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long.
1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
Hanelt, P., ed.
2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
URL:
http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
Holm, L. et al.
1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds
Howard, R.
1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS).
Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.anbg.gov.au/common.names/
Isely, D.
1973. Leguminosae of the United States: I. Subfamily Mimosoideae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 25(1):105.
Lee, Y. N.
1997. Flora of Korea.
Lewis, G. P. & P. E. Owen.
1989. Legumes of the Ilha de Maraca
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
Matthew, K. M.
1983. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic.
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
McVaugh, R.
1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds.
1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
Padua, L. S. de et al., eds.
1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(1):349.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Personal Care Products Council.
INCI
URL:
http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Pulle, A. A. et al., eds.
1932-. Flora of Suriname.
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds.
1970-. Flora of Thailand.
Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark.
1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala.
't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds.
1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:167.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds.
1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Verdcourt, B.
1979. A manual of New Guinea legumes.
Common names
English
common sensitive-plant –
Reference(s)
sensitive-plant –
Reference(s)
sensitive-weed –
Reference(s)
shameplant –
Reference(s)
touch-me-not –
Reference(s)
French
sensitive –
Reference(s)
German
Sinnpflanze –
Reference(s)
Spanish
dormidera –
Reference(s)
sensitiva –
Reference(s)
Swedish
sensitiva –
Reference(s)
Transcribed Chinese
han xiu cao –
Reference(s)
Transcribed Korean
mimosa –
Reference(s)
Transliterated Russian
mimoza stydlivaja –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
2
Cultivated
also cult.
4
Naturalized
widely natzd. in tropics
6
Other
probable origin neotropics
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Naturalized
(widely natzd. in tropics)
Other
(probable origin neotropics)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
ornamental
as an experimental novelty
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Environmental
soil improver
fide Pl Res SEAs 4:168. 1992
't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds.
1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:167.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Medicines
folklore
Padua, L. S. de et al., eds.
1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(1):349.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Medicines
folklore
Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicines
folklore
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Weed
potential seed contaminant
mainly in SE Asia
Holm, L. et al.
1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds
Name
References