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Mimosa pudica was one of the four species that significantly extracted and bioaccumulated the pollutant into its leaves. [25] Other studies have found that Mimosa pudica extracts heavy metals such as copper, lead, tin, and zinc from polluted soils. This allows for the soil to gradually return to less toxic compositions.
The Mimosoideae are a traditional subfamily of trees, herbs, lianas, and shrubs in the pea family that mostly grow in tropical and subtropical climates.They are typically characterized by having radially symmetric flowers, with petals that are twice divided (valvate) in bud and with numerous showy, prominent stamens.
The following species in the flowering plant genus Mimosa are accepted by Plants of the World Online. [1] About 90% of its hundreds of species are found in the Neotropics . [ 2 ]
Mimosa quadrivalvis, known as fourvalve mimosa, sensitive briar and cat's claw, is a trailing vine native to North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It is known as sensitive briar because the leaves fold when they are touched or disturbed.
Mimosa diplotricha is a species of leguminous woody shrub native to the Neotropics. It is an invasive species and now has a pantropical distribution. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is commonly known as the giant sensitive plant , giant false sensitive plant , or nila grass .
Mimosa leucocephala Lam. Mimosa leucophala Lam. Leucaena leucocephala is a small fast-growing mimosoid tree native to southern Mexico and northern Central America (Belize and Guatemala) [ 1 ] [ 4 ] and is now naturalized throughout the tropics including parts of Asia.
Mimosa tenuiflora, syn. Mimosa hostilis, also known as jurema preta, calumbi (Brazil), tepezcohuite (México), carbonal, cabrera, jurema, black jurema, and binho de jurema, is a perennial tree or shrub native to the northeastern region of Brazil (Paraíba, Rio Grande do Norte, Ceará, Pernambuco, Bahia) and found as far north as southern Mexico (Oaxaca and coast of Chiapas), and the following ...
'Mimosa' blossoming in an urban setting in Italy. The flowers and tip shoots are harvested for use as cut flowers, when it is known by the florist trade as "mimosa" (not to be confused with the genus of plants called Mimosa). In Italy, [28] Albania, Russia and Georgia the flowers are also frequently given to women on International Women's Day.