Mimosa is a genus of about 600 species of herbs and shrubs, in the mimosoid clade of the legume family Fabaceae. Species are native to the Americas, from North Dakota to northern Argentina, and to eastern Africa as well as the Indian subcontinent and Indochina. The generic name is derived from the Greek word μῖμος (mimos), 'actor' or 'mime', and the feminine suffix -osa, 'resembling', suggesting its 'sensitive leaves' which seem to 'mimic conscious life'.
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Researchers measured the chemical compounds in four traditional medicinal plants growing in a district of eastern India, confirming these common wild plants contain the active ingredients long used in folk remedies.
Restoration nurseries growing native trees for reforestation projects can cut fertilizer use and still raise sturdy, plantable...
Mimosa shrubs you might spot along roadsides or in dry gardens — those feathery-leaved plants that fold up when touched — are...
Mimosa shrubs you might spot along roadsides or in dry gardens — those feathery-leaved plants tha...
