Mimosa diplotricha C. Wright ex Sauvalle
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"Habit: A large, prickly climbing shrub, to 5m."
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Holotype for Morongia pilosa Standl.
Catalog Number: US 679704
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): H. F. Pittier
Year Collected: 1911
Locality: Camino del Boticario, near Chepo, Panama, Central America
Elevation (m): 30 to 50
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Isotype for Morongia pilosa Standl.
Catalog Number: US 691380
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): H. F. Pittier
Year Collected: 1911
Locality: Camino del Boticario, near Chepo, Panama, Central America
Elevation (m): 30 to 50
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Isotype for Schrankia brachycarpa Benth.
Catalog Number: US 702966
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): R. H. Schomburgk
Year Collected: 1840
Locality: Rio Negro., Guyana, South America
- Isotype: Bentham, G. 1840. J. Bot. (Hooker). 2 (10): 130.
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Possible isotype for Mimosa diplotricha C. Wright in Sauvalle
Catalog Number: US 80513
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): C. Wright
Locality: Greater Antilles, Cuba, West Indies
- Possible isotype: Wright, C. 1873. Pl. Cub. 341.
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Often planted as a fencing plant. Whole plant is used in medicinal preparations.
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Mimosa diplotricha, also known as the giant sensitive plant, is a species in the Fabaceae family.
A native from Brazil, it is extremely invasive in the Pacific, where it has been introduced on all island groups, except (so far) Tonga. It was introduced on Niuē around 2000, but an ongoing eradication program has virtually destroyed all occurrences there.
Left undisturbed, the plant can grow 2 meters high and its big and sharp spines make it indeed a very unwelcome guest.
References
- Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER) (2007) PIER species lists, retrieved 4/30/2007Mimosa diplotricha
- USDA NRCS PLANTS Profile, retrieved 4/30/2007Mimosa diplotricha
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Distribution: On roadsides and in pastures at lower and middle elevations. Also in Cuba, Hispaniola; Mexico, Central and South America.
Public Forest: El Yunque.
Distribución: A la orilla de carreteras y pastizales de elevaciones bajas y medias. También en Cuba, la Española; México, Centroamérica y Sudamérica.
Bosque Público: El Yunque.
"Commonly found in scrub jungles and thickets from foothills to 1000m. Africa, Afghanistan, India through Asia."
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