Raasane / South-Indian Mimosa
Mimosa rubicaulis
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh & more
- Flowering
- August-November
How to identify Raasane
Identify Raasane by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Reddish stems (rubicaulis).
- Confirm leaf shape: Oblong.
- Confirm flower colour: Pink.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Head.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-November.
- In India, compare location records such as Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and nearby regions.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Mimosa rubicaulis
- Genus
- Mimosa
- Family
- Mimosaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Distribution
- India, Nepal
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Delhi, Karnataka, Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Sikkim, Telangana
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-November
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- OblongrecordedLonger than wide with roughly parallel sides, the ends rounded.“Leaves have 3–2 pairs of side-stalks, each with 6–15 pairs of tiny oblong leaflets 4–8 mm.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Raasane itself; the rest are typical of the Mimosaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Pinkrecorded“It flowers from June to September, sporting long clusters of many pink spherical flower heads 1–1.5 cm across.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Flower arrangement
- HeadrecordedA dense, tight cluster of many small stalkless flowers, packed into a rounded or flat head.“It flowers from June to September, sporting long clusters of many pink spherical flower heads 1–1.5 cm across.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fruit type
- LegumerecordedA dry pod that splits open along two seams (typical of the pea/bean family).“Pods are thin, flat, curved, 8–13 cm long, 1 cm wide, breaking into 4–10 rectangular single-seeded units, leaving the remains of the pod attached to the shoot.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Head
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Raasane itself; the rest are typical of the Mimosaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Nepali
- अररी काँडा
- Bengali
- বড় লজ্জাবতী, কুচিকাঁটা
- Tamil
- Ingai, igai, ikkagodi
- Kannada
- ರಾಸನೆ Raasane, ರಾಸ್ನೆ Rasne, ಉರಿಸೀಗೆ Urisige
- Malayalam
- kattusinikka, katcheenikoi
- Marathi
- arai
About Raasane
A member of the Mimosaceae family, South-Indian Mimosa (Mimosa rubicaulis) is a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh and 10 other states. Flowering and fruiting run from August to November.
Mimosaceae
Mimosa/Acacia family
Raasane belongs to the Mimosaceae family.
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