Lajri / Mimosa Thorn
Caesalpinia mimosoides
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- October-March
How to identify Lajri
Identify Lajri by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a climbing shrub habit.
- Confirm leaf type: Bipinnately compound (doubly divided, fern-like).
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: October-March.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Caesalpiniaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Lajri.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Caesalpinia mimosoides
- Genus
- Caesalpinia
- Family
- Caesalpiniaceae
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Habitat
- Secondary forests and farmlands
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, China
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Telangana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Jammu & Kashmir, Bihar, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Punjab, Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Haryana, Puducherry, Mizoram, Manipur, Jharkhand, Ladakh, Nagaland, Tripura, Chandigarh
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Bipinnately compound (doubly divided, fern-like)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Lajri itself; the rest are typical of the Caesalpiniaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Lajri itself; the rest are typical of the Caesalpiniaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Tamil
- பூனைக்கழற்சி punai-k-kalarci, பபேசியே
- Kannada
- ಈಜಿಮುಳ್ಳು eejimullu, ಗಣಜಿಲು ganajilu, ಕೆಂಚಿಗೆ kenchige, ಚಪ್ಪರದವರೆ
- Malayalam
- ചിങ്ങമുള്ള് chingamullu, കൽത്തൊട്ടാവാടി kalthottaavaadi, കൂറമുള്ള് kooramullu, ഫാബേസീ
- Marathi
- लाजरी lajri, नारकती narkati, फबासिए
- Telugu
- ఫాబేసి
- Sinhala
- රනිල කුලය
About Lajri
A member of the Caesalpiniaceae family, Mimosa Thorn (Caesalpinia mimosoides) is a climbing shrub. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and 31 other states. It grows in secondary forests and farmlands. Flowering and fruiting run from October to March.
Caesalpiniaceae
Senna family
Lajri belongs to the Caesalpiniaceae family.
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