Mimosa diplotricha Sauvalle

English: Creeping Sensitive Plant

Mandarin: 巴西含羞草 (ba xi han xiu cao)

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Fabales (244)

        Family: Fabaceae (244)(family description)

          Genus: Mimosa (8)

            Epithet: diplotricha Sauvalle (1)

Synonym: Mimosa invisa Colla

diplotricha => having two kinds of hairs

invisa => hated or hostile

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: shrub

Flower colour: violet, pink

Check for Mimosa diplotricha at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [304] Mimosa diplotricha - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
• [413] International Legume Database & Information Service
• [1186] Mimosa - Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database
• [1352] Mimosa diplotricha - Flora of China @ efloras.org