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Mimosa
Sign in to saveMimosa is a genus of about 600 species of herbs and shrubs, in the mimosoid clade of the legume family Fabaceae. Species are native to the Americas, from North Dakota to northern Argentina, and to eastern Africa (Tanzania, Mozambique, and Madagascar) as well as the Indian subcontinent and Indochina. The generic name is derived from the Greek word (mimos), 'actor' or 'mime', and the feminine suffix -osa, 'resembling', suggesting its 'sensitive leaves' which seem to 'mimic conscious life'.
Mimosa is a large group of about 600 plant species—mostly herbs and shrubs in the legume family—found naturally across the Americas, eastern Africa, and parts of Asia. The name comes from the Greek word for "mime" or "actor," referring to the plants' distinctive sensitive leaves that curl and move in ways that seem to imitate living creatures responding to their environment.
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Persian silk tree
Mimosa
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderFabales
- FamilyFabaceae
General: of Mimosa have 4 or 8 stamens, and across the genus, stamen number
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Research
1,083 papers- Mimosa tenuiflora's antimicrobial activity on bacteria and fungi from medical importance: an integrative review.ReviewArchives of microbiology · 2021Ferreira TL, Evangelista AJJDOI: 10.1007/s00203-021-02330-6
- Phytochemistry and Diverse Pharmacology of Genus Mimosa: A Review.ReviewBiomolecules · 2022Rizwan K, Majeed I, Bilal M et al.DOI: 10.3390/biom12010083
- MIMOSA: Algorithms for Microbial Profiling.IEEE/ACM transactions on computational biology and bioinformatics · 2019Nalbantoglu OU, Sayood KDOI: 10.1109/TCBB.2018.2830324
- Chemical study of Mimosa tenuiflora barks.Natural product research · 2022Amariz IAE, Pereira ECV, Alencar Filho JMT et al.DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2020.1813135
- Phytochemistry and teratogenic potential of Mimosa tenuiflora (willd.) poir. (Fabaceae) in ruminants: A systematic review.Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology · 2021Lima Bezerra JJ, Vieira Pinheiro AA, Barbosa Lucena RDOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2021.03.010
- Mimosa pudica mucilage nanoparticles of losartan potassium: Characterization and pharmacodynamics evaluation.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2023Ghumman SA, Mahmood A, Noreen S et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.jsps.2023.101695
- A Comprehensive Review of the Ethnotraditional Uses and Biological and Pharmacological Potential of the Genus Mimosa.ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2021Majeed I, Rizwan K, Ashar A et al.DOI: 10.3390/ijms22147463
- Structure, chemical modification, and functional applications of mucilage from Mimosa pudica seeds - A review.ReviewInternational journal of biological macromolecules · 2024Noor M, Muhammad G, Hanif H et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.132390
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Mimosa is a genus of about 600 species of herbs and shrubs, in the mimosoid clade of the legume family Fabaceae. Species are native to the Americas, from North Dakota to northern Argentina, and to eastern Africa (Tanzania, Mozambique, and Madagascar) as well as the Indian subcontinent and Indochina. The generic name is derived from the Greek word (mimos), 'actor' or 'mime', and the feminine suffix -osa, 'resembling', suggesting its 'sensitive leaves' which seem to 'mimic conscious life'.
Two species in the genus are especially notable. One is Mimosa pudica, commonly known as touch-me-not, which folds its leaves when touched or exposed to heat. It is native to southern Central and South America but is widely cultivated elsewhere for its curiosity value, both as a houseplant in temperate areas, and outdoors in the tropics. Outdoor cultivation has led to weedy invasion in some areas, notably Hawaii. The other is Mimosa tenuiflora, which is best known for its use in shamanic ayahuasca brews due to the psychedelic drug dimethyltryptamine found in its root bark.