About Rusty Mimosa
Senegalia pennata (English: climbing wattle, Vietnamese: rau thối, Thai: ชะอม cha-om, Northeastern Thai: ผักขา phak kha, Northern Thai: ผักหละ phak la, Burmese: ဆူးပုပ်, pronounced [sʰúboʊʔ]; Khmer: ស្អំ; Meiteilon : khang, Thadou-Kuki: khang-khu, Paite Language: Khangkhuh, Mizo: Khanghu, Hmar: khanghmuk,Vaiphei: Khangkhu, Biate: khang-hu, Malay: petai duri or petai siam), is a species of plant which is native to South and Southeast Asia. It is a shrub or small tropical tree which grows up to 5 metres (16 ft) in height. Its leaves are bipinnate with linear-oblong and glabrous pinnules. Its yellowish flowers are terminal panicles with globose heads. The pods are thin, flat and long with thick sutures.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Acacia pennata
- Genus
- Acacia
- Family
- MIMOSACEAE
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Habitat
- Mixed forests and moist deciduous forests
- Native to
- Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanamar
- Distribution
- Paleotropics
- Flowering & fruiting
- May-February
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Local Names
- Nepali
- अर्फुकाँडा, अर्खु
- Tamil
- இந்து, காட்டிண்டு, காட்டுசிகை
- Telugu
- గూబ కోరింద
- Malayalam
- കാരിഞ്ച, മല ഈഞ്ച
- Marathi
- शेंबरटी, शेंबी
Mimosaceae
Mimosa/Acacia family
Rusty Mimosa belongs to the Mimosaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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