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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
| Genus: | Mimosa |
| Species: | M. pigra
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| Binomial name | |
| Mimosa pigra | |
Mimosa pigra, commonly known as the giant sensitive tree (pigra = lazy, slow), is a species of plant of the genus Mimosa, in the family Fabaceae.
The genus Mimosa (Mimosaceae) contains 400–450 species, most of which are native to South America. M. pigra is a woody shrub native to tropical America but which has now become widespread throughout the tropics.[1] It has been listed as one of the world's 100 worst invasive species and forms dense, thorny, impenetrable thickets, particularly in wet areas.
- ^ Lonsdale W.M.; Miller I.L.; Forno I.W. (1995). Mimosa pigra. pp. 169–188. In Groves R.H., Sheppard R.C.H., Richardson R.G. The biology of Australian weeds R.G. and F.J. Richardson Publishers, Melbourne, Australia.