Mimosa rubicaulis

Mimosa rubicaulis
Mimosa rubicaulis in Panchkhal valley
Scientific classification Edit this 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
Binomial name
Mimosa rubicaulis
Synonyms[1]

Mimosa octandra
Mimosa intsi
Mimosa barberi
Mimosa himalayana

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]

  1. ^ a b "Mimosa.rubicaulis". JStor Plant Science.
  2. ^ Manandhar, N. P. (2002). Plants and people of Nepal. p. 329. ISBN 9780881925272.