Fabaceae
Mimosa

Mimosa suffruticosa (Vatke) Drake

First published in A.Grandidier, Hist. Phys. Madagascar 30: 45 (1902 publ. 1903)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania, Madagascar. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Shrub/Tree
Vernacular
Aravoka, Hazofady, Roileja, Roymena
[ILDIS]

Leguminosae, J. B. Gillett, R. M. Polhill & B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971

Morphology General Habit
Shrub.
Morphology Stem
Stems glabrous or very nearly so, very sparingly armed with upcurved prickles about 2.5 mm. long.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves:petiole 0.7–2.1 cm. long, unarmed; rhachis 6.5–18(–20 fide Drake) cm. long, armed with many brown upcurved prickles whose bases are compressed and broadly triangular; no prickles on rhachis at junction of each of the 4–20 pairs of pinnae; leaflets 4–7 pairs, shortly oblong to obovate-oblong, 5–11 mm. long, 2.5–5.5 mm. wide, rounded at apex, appressed, puberulous both sides, not setulose, venation (other than midrib and basal nerves) not visible beneath.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Flower-heads subglobose, about 0.7–0.9 cm. in diameter, ± racemosely arranged, 1–2 together from axils, on unarmed almost glabrous peduncles 4–7 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 1.4 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla 2.5 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens 8.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods slightly curved, 4–9 cm. long, 0.9–1.4 cm. wide, puberulous over surface, not bristly, unarmed or (fide Drake) prickly on margins.
Habitat
Unknown
Distribution
Z
[FTEA]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0