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Mimosa pudica (also called sensitive plant, sleepy plant, [citation needed] action plant, humble plant, touch-me-not, touch-and-die, or shameplant) [3] [2] is a creeping annual or perennial flowering plant of the pea/legume family Fabaceae. It is often grown for its curiosity value: the sensitive compound leaves quickly fold inward and droop ...
Tentative identification of 5-MeO-DMT and an unidentified β-carboline from immature seed pods; [9] tryptamine in stem bark. [24] A claim of β-methyl-phenethylamine from flowers is not supported by the reference given. [42] Ether extracts about 2-6% of the dried leaf mass. [13] Alkaloids are present in the bark [43] and leaves. [44]
Mimosa diplotricha var. diplotricha C. Wright ex Sauvalle- The nominate variety. Characterized by seed pods that are 10 to 25 mm (0.39 to 0.98 in) long, with 3 to 8 seeds. Mimosa diplotricha var. odibilis Barneby - Found only in Mexico, from Sinaloa to Michoacán. Characterized by seed pods that are 40 to 70 mm (1.6 to 2.8 in) long, with 12 to ...
More: Invasive emerald ash borer, which kills trees, spreads to 5 Texas counties. See where. So, please don't eat poison oak — and try using one of these eight problem plants with your meal instead.
Albizia julibrissin, the Persian silk tree, pink silk tree, or mimosa tree, is a species of tree in the Fabaceae family, native to southwestern and eastern Asia. [ 1 ] Taxonomy
Jay Wilde . Trees with Spiky Seed Pods. If you've encountered some round, spiny balls under a tree or maybe still on the plant, and you're wondering what it could be, it's likely one of several ...
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.
The Arbre du Ténéré in Niger was the most isolated tree in the world, about 400 km (249 mi) from any other tree. The tree was knocked down by a truck driver in 1973. [44] In Nairobi, Kenya, the Thorn Tree Café is named after a Naivasha thorn tree (Acacia xanthophloea) [45] in its centre. Travelers used to pin notes to others to the thorns ...