Mimosa rubicaulis - Himalayan Mimosa

❏ Binomial Name : Mimosa rubicaulis Lam.

❏ Synonym : Mimosa intsia,Mimosa octandra

❏ Family : Leguminosae

❏ Common Name : Himalayan Mimosa

❏ IUCN status: Not Evaluated

Mimosa rubicaulis Botanical Description

Prickly shrubs Branchlets glabrous Rachis 10-12 cm long; pinnae 5—6 cm long; leaflets 12-15 pairs, oblong, mucronate at apex, obliquely rounded or truncate at base, 12 X .3.5 mm Heads 1 5 cm across. The flowers fade to white - so, at any time the clusters sport both pink and white flower-heads. Leaves are doubke-compound, 8-15 cm long, with thorny rachis. Leaves have 3-6 pairs of side-stalks, each with 14 pairs of tiny oblong leaflets 4-8 mm. Pods are thin, flat, curved, 8-13 cm long, 1 cm wide, breaking into 4-10 rectangular 1-seeded units, leaving the remains of the pod attached to the shoot. It is considered useful for hedges. Fl. &Fr.: June-September.