#subfamily_Mimosoideae__Mimosoideae  alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Mimosaceae
  supertype:  rosid_dicot_family__rosiddicotfamily  a family of dicotyledonous plants
  member of:  family_Leguminosae
  member:  genus_Mimosa  genus of spiny woody shrubs or trees; named for their apparent imitation of animal sensitivity to light and heat and movement
     member:  mimosa.shrub  any of various tropical shrubs or trees of the genus Mimosa having usually yellow flowers and compound leaves
     member:  Mimosa_sensitiva__sensitive_plant__sensitiveplant  semi-climbing prickly evergreen shrub of tropical America having compound leaves sensitive to light and touch
     member:  sensitive_plant__sensitiveplant__touch-me-not__shame_plant__shameplant__live-and-die__humble_plant__action_plant__Mimosa_pudica  prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia; heavily armed with recurved thorns and having sensitive soft gray-green leaflets that fold and droop at night or when touched or cooled
  member:  genus_Acacia  large genus of shrubs and trees and some woody vines of Central and South America, Africa, Australia and Polynesia: wattle; mimosa
     member:  acacia  any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia
     member:  shittah_tree__shittahtree__shittah  source of a wood mentioned frequently in the Bible; probably a species of Acacia
     member:  black_wattle__blackwattle__Acacia_auriculiformis  Australian tree that yields tanning materials
     member:  gidgee__stinking_wattle__Acacia_cambegei  scrubby Australian acacia having extremely foul-smelling blossoms
     member:  Acacia_catechu__catechu__Jerusalem_thorn  East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods; source of black catechu
     member:  silver_wattle__mimosa__Acacia_dealbata  evergreen Australasian tree having white or silvery bark and young leaves and yellow flowers
     member:  huisache__cassie__mimosa_bush__sweet_wattle__sweetwattle__sweet_acacia__sweetacacia__scented_wattle__scentedwattle__flame_tree__flametree__Acacia_farnesiana  tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery
     member:  lightwood__Acacia_melanoxylon  tall Australian acacia yielding highly valued black timber
     member:  golden_wattle__Acacia_pycnantha  shrubby Australian tree having clusters of fragrant golden yellow flowers; widely cultivated as an ornamental
     member:  Acacia_xanthophloea__fever_tree__fevertree  African tree supposed to mark healthful regions
  member:  genus_Adenanthera__Adenanthera  small genus of trees of Tropical Asia and Pacific areas
     member:  coralwood__red_sandalwood__redsandalwood__Barbados_pride__peacock_flower_fence__Adenanthera_pavonina  East Indian tree with racemes of yellow-white flowers; cultivated as an ornamental
  member:  genus_Albizia__genus_Albizzia  large genus of unarmed trees and shrubs of Old World tropics
     member:  albizzia__albizia  any of numerous trees of the genus Albizia
  member:  genus_Anadenanthera__Anadenanthera  2 species of tropical American shrubs or trees
     member:  Anadenanthera_colubrina__Piptadenia_macrocarpa  Brazilian shrub having twice-pinnate leaves and small spicate flowers followed by flat or irregularly torulose pods; sometimes placed in genus Piptadenia
  member:  genus_Calliandra  genus of pinnate-leaved shrubs and small trees of tropical and subtropical North and South America and India and West Africa
     member:  calliandra  any of various shrubs and small trees valued for their fine foliage and attractive spreading habit and clustered white to deep pink or red flowers
  member:  genus_Enterolobium__Enterolobium  small genus of tropical American timber trees closely allied to genus Albizia
     member:  conacaste__elephant's_ear__Enterolobium_cyclocarpa  tropical South American tree having a wide-spreading crown of bipinnate leaves and coiled ear-shaped fruits; grown for shade and ornament as well as valuable timber
  member:  genus_Inga  genus of tropical trees or shrubs
     member:  inga  any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers; cultivated as ornamentals
     member:  ice-cream_bean__icecreambean__Inga_edulis  ornamental evergreen tree with masses of white flowers; tropical and subtropical America
     member:  guama__Inga_laurina  tropical tree of Central America and West Indies and Puerto Rico having spikes of white flowers; used as shade for coffee plantations
  member:  genus_Leucaena__Leucaena  small genus of tropical evergreen trees or shrubs having pods like those of the acacia
     member:  lead_tree__white_popinac__whitepopinac__Leucaena_glauca__Leucaena_leucocephala  low scrubby tree of tropical and subtropical North America having white flowers tinged with yellow resembling mimosa and long flattened pods
  member:  genus_Lysiloma__Lysiloma  small genus of tropical American trees and shrubs with pinnate leaves and flat straight pods
     member:  wild_tamarind__Lysiloma_latisiliqua__Lysiloma_bahamensis  a tree of the West Indies and Florida and Mexico; resembles tamarind and has long flat pods
     member:  Lysiloma_sabicu__sabicu  West Indian tree yielding la hard dark born wood resembling mahogany in texture and value
  member:  genus_Parkia__Parkia  genus of tropical Old World trees: nitta trees
     member:  nitta_tree__nittatree  any of several Old World tropical trees of the genus Parkia having heads of red or yellow flowers followed by pods usually containing edible seeds and pulp
  member:  genus_Piptadenia__Piptadenia  tropical American trees and shrubs; often placed in other genera
  member:  genus_Pithecellobium__Pithecellobium__Pithecolobium__genus_Pithecolobium  thorny shrubs and trees of tropical and subtropical America and Asia
     member:  manila_tamarind__camachile__huamachil__wild_tamarind__Pithecellobium_dulce  common thorny tropical American tree having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum
     member:  cat's-claw__cat'sclaw__catclaw__black_bead__blackbead__Pithecellodium_unguis-cati  erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds; West Indies and Florida
  member:  genus_Prosopis__Prosopis  genus of tropical or subtropical branching shrubs or trees: mesquite
     member:  mesquite__mesquit  any of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Prosopis having small flowers in axillary cylindrical spikes followed by large sugar-rich pods

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