Botanical Family · Fabales
Mimosaceae
Mimosa/Acacia family
58 speciesOrder Fabales8+ well-known plants
The mimosa or acacia subfamily of Fabaceae, comprising trees and shrubs predominantly of tropical savannas and drylands. Flowers are small and radially symmetrical, packed into spherical or spike-like heads. Includes acacias, sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica), and many gum-producing trees.
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How to recognise the Mimosaceae family
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Bipinnate leaves, often with stipular thorns
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Small actinomorphic flowers in dense heads
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Sensitivity to touch in some species
Typical leaf characters
Characters typical of the family — individual species can vary.
Typical flower & fruit
Typical of the family — flowering plants only; species can vary.
Notable members
Black WattleAcacia aulacocarpaEar-Leaf Acacia, Darwin Black WattleAcacia auriculiformisBlack Catechu, Soap BarkAcacia caesiaBlack Cutch, Cutch Tree, White KutchAcacia catechuRed Cutch, Cutch TreeAcacia chundraBlack BaboolAcacia eburneaFragrant Acacia, Needle BushAcacia farnesianaForeign White SundraAcacia ferruginea
All 58 species in MIMOSACEAE
- Black WattleAcacia aulacocarpa
- Ear-Leaf Acacia, Darwin Black WattleAcacia auriculiformis
- Black Catechu, Soap BarkAcacia caesia
- Black Cutch, Cutch Tree, White KutchAcacia catechu
- Red Cutch, Cutch TreeAcacia chundra
- Black BaboolAcacia eburnea
- Fragrant Acacia, Needle BushAcacia farnesiana
- Foreign White SundraAcacia ferruginea
- Robber-Thorn TreeAcacia horrida
- White Babool, White-Barked Acacia, Distiller's Acacia, White BaboolAcacia leucophloea
- Mangium TreeAcacia mangium
- Black WattleAcacia mearnsii
- Australian Blackwood, Black Wattle, Blackwood AcaciaAcacia melanoxylon
- Oleander WattleAcacia neriifolia
- Babul Tree, Black Babool, Indian Gum Arabic TreeAcacia nilotica
- Babool Acacia, Indian Gum Arabic, Black Babool TreeAcacia nilotica subsp. indica
- Rusty MimosaAcacia pennata
- Umbrella Thorn BaboolAcacia planifrons
- White Cutch Tree, White CatechuAcacia polyacantha
- Soap-Nut Acacia, Washing Pod Tree, Ritha, Soapnut AcaciaAcacia sinuata
- Coral Seed Tree, Barricari Seed Tree, Circassian Seed Tree, Red-Wood Tree, Coral Wood Tree, Red Bead TreeAdenanthera pavonina
- Krishna SirisAlbizia amara
- Chinese AlbiziaAlbizia chinensis
- Siris Tree, East India Walnut, Lebbek Tree, Raom Tree, Soros-Tree, Womans TongueAlbizia lebbeck
- Potka SirisAlbizia lucidior
- Black Siris, Kala Siris, Ceylon RosewoodAlbizia odoratissima
- Hill Siris, White Siris TreeAlbizia procera
- Monkey-PodArchidendron clypearia
- Monkey-PodArchidendron clypearia subsp. subcoriaceum
- Angels Hair, Red Calliandra, PowderpuffCalliandra calothyrsus
- Powder-Puff Plant, Red Powder Puff, Blood Red Tassel FlowerCalliandra haematocephala
- Surinam PowderpuffCalliandra surinamensis
- Wild TantanDesmanthus virgatus
- Sickle Bush, Bell Mimosa, Kalahari Christmas Tree, Marabou-Thorn, Princess's Earrings, Sickle BushDichrostachys cinerea
- Dog Poop BushEbenopsis confinis
- Calling Card Vine, Elephant Creeper, Garbee Bean, Maekey BeanEntada pusaetha
- Pacara Earpod TreeEnterolobium contortisiliquum
- Subaul, Lead Tree, Leucaena, Shite Lead Tree (Mal.)Leucaena leucocephala
- Hooked MimosaMimosa hamata
- Touch-Me-Not, Sensitive Plant, Humble PlantMimosa pudica
- South-Indian MimosaMimosa rubicaulis
- Yellow Sensitive PlantNeptunia triquetra
- Badminton Ball Tree, Band-Stick TreeParkia biglandulosa
- Manila Tamarind, Sweet Tamarind, Blackbead, Madras Thorn, Monkeypod, Guamuchil, GuayamochilPithecellobium dulce
- Khejri TreeProsopis cineraria
- MesquiteProsopis juliflora
- Rain Tree, Sleepy-Faced Tree, Cow Tamarind, Monkeypod, Rain TreeSamanea saman
- Burma Iron-WoodXylia xylocarpa
- Acacia cineraria
- Acacia intsia
- Acacia lenticularis
- Acacia torta
- Albizia richardiana
- Albizia thompsonii
- Archidendron monadelphum
- Archidendron monadelphum var. gracile
- Inga cynometroides
- Mimosa prainiana
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