Mimosa prainiana
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Found in India
- Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka
- Flowering
- August-December
How to identify Mimosa prainiana
Identify Mimosa prainiana 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 shape: Feathery bipinnate leaflets.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-December.
- In India, compare location records such as Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka.
- Confirm it sits within the Mimosaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Mimosa prainiana.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Mimosa prainiana
- Genus
- Mimosa
- Family
- Mimosaceae
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Habitat
- Scrub forests
- Native to
- India
- Found in India
- Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-December
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Feathery bipinnate leafletsrecorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Mimosa prainiana itself; the rest are typical of the Mimosaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Head
- Fruit
- Legume
Typical of the Mimosaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
About Mimosa prainiana
Mimosa prainiana is a climbing shrub in the Mimosaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. It grows in scrub forests. Flowering and fruiting run from August to December.
Mimosaceae
Mimosa/Acacia family
Mimosa prainiana belongs to the Mimosaceae family.
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