#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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