Mimosa rubicaulis | |
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Mimosa rubicaulis in Panchkhal valley | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
Genus: | Mimosa |
Species: | M. rubicaulis
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Binomial name | |
Mimosa rubicaulis | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Mimosa octandra |
Mimosa rubicaulis is a shrub belonging to the family Fabaceae and subfamily Mimosoideae. It is bipinnately compound, each leaf having 8–12 pairs of pinnae, each with 16–20 pairs of pinnules,[2] unlike Mimosa pudica which has at most two prickly pairs of leaflets. It is found across India.[1]