Mimosa pigra

TaxID: 367322

Basic Information

Mimosa pigra

Black mimosa, Catclaw Mimosa

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 C450 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. It has been listed as one of the world's 100 worst invasive species and forms dense, thorny, impenetrable thickets, particularly in wet areas.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Fabales

Fabaceae

Mimosa

pigra

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Photos (5 photos)

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(c) pbulman@BY-NC
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(c) Douglas Goldman@BY-SA
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(c) Diego Cordero@BY-NC
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(c) Ricard Busquets Reverte@BY
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(c) unknown@CC0

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (6 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Sri Lanka Quarantine pests —
Malaysia Quarantine pests —
Papua New Guinea Present —
French Polynesia Absent —
Timor-Leste Quarantine pests —
United States of America Quarantine pests —

Distribution (86 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

85
Present
1
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Angola Present —
Argentina Present —
Australia Present
Burundi Present —
Benin Present —
Burkina Faso Present —
Belize Present —
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Present —
Brazil Present —
Brunei Darussalam Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature