Leguminosae-mim Mimosa arenosa (Willd.) Poir.

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Keywords in this picture :

• Habit
• Vegetative
• Plant parts

Places where this species can be found :

• Jalapa de Marquez - HUGHESFRP
• Bahias de Huatulco - HUGHESFRP
• Guerrero - HUGHESFRP
• Chinandega - HUGHESFRP
• Manabi - HUGHESFRP

Specimen information

Collection Date
26/02/2000

Collector
Hughes CE

Specimen Number
1963

Location
Nr coast rd about 3km E of La Crucecita, Bahias de Huatulco resort.

Notes
Small multi-stemmed tree with a rounded branchy crown to 4m ht. Outer bark mid grey-brown vertically striped mid orange-brown with semaphore pattern pale tan horizointally aligned lenticels. Leaf rachis grooved. Flowers on spikes, calyx very reduced, pale green, all other flower parts white. Pods mid orange-brown, breaking into single-seeded segments leaving a peristent replum. Common on ruderal sites such as roadsides and in disturbed secondary vegetation with Hesperalbizia, Cordia, Bursera, Myrospermum, Tabebuia and Jacquinia.

Coordinates
Latitude: 15.460000 N   Longitude: 96.080000 W   Altitude: 20