Mimosa somnians

Mimosa somnians
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Mimosoideae
Genus:	Mimosa
Species:	M. somnians
Binomial name
Mimosa somnians Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.[1]
Synonyms
Mimosa acutiflora Benth.[2] Mimosa palpitans Willd.[2] Mimosa podocarpa Benth.[2] Mimosa quadrijuga Benth.[2] Mimosa somnians Willd. var. podocarpa[2] (Benth.)Niederl. Mimosa somnians Willd. var. quadrijuga[2] Niederl. Mimosa somniculosa Kunth[2]

Mimosa somnians ("Dormideira") is a tree in the Fabaceae family. It is native to the Caribbean, Central America and South America.^[2] It is a short, low lying shrub with minuscule thorns lining its stems like hairs.^[3] Its leaves are sensitive, meaning that, when touched, they close quickly, similarly to Mimosa pudica.^[4] It can be differentiated from Mimosa pudica in that its leaves are bipinnate, there are more than four subbranchlets and these originate from more than one point on the branch.^[4]

Mimosa sominans's leaflets are 4–5 mm long.^[3] The flowers form pink balls.^[3] It propagates by seeds.^[4]

Forms, subspecies and varieties^[5]

• Mimosa somnians f. viscida
• Mimosa somnians subsp. longipes
• Mimosa somnians subsp. viscida
• Mimosa somnians var. aquatica
• Mimosa somnians var. deminuta
• Mimosa somnians var. diminuta
• Mimosa somnians var. glandulosa
• Mimosa somnians var. lasiocarpa
• Mimosa somnians var. leptocaulis
• Mimosa somnians var. longipes
• Mimosa somnians var. lupulina
• Mimosa somnians var. possensis
• Mimosa somnians var. somnians
• Mimosa somnians var. velascoensis
• Mimosa somnians var. viscida

Uses

In Guyana, it is used to calm down irritable children via washing.^[6]

Mimosa somnians contains (whole plant) about 0.029% tryptamine and about 0.029% methyltryptamine.^[7] It is also said^[who?] to contain dimethyltryptamine.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. ^ "Mimosa somnians information from NPGS/GRIN". www.ars-grin.gov. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?24418. Retrieved 2008-05-07. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h} "Mimosa somnians - ILDIS LegumeWeb". www.ildis.org. http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb?sciname=Mimosa+somnians. Retrieved 2008-05-07. 
3. ^ ^{a b c} "Full text of "Flora of Yucatan"". www.archive.org. http://www.archive.org/stream/floraofyucatanfistan/floraofyucatanfistan_djvu.txt. Retrieved 2008-05-08. 
4. ^ ^{a b c} "Translated version of http://laflor.ifas.ufl.edu/Weeds%20of%20CR/cd/MALEZAS/leguminosas/Mimosa%20somnians.html". translate.google.com. http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://laflor.ifas.ufl.edu/Weeds%2520of%2520CR/cd/MALEZAS/leguminosas/Mimosa%2520somnians.html&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=9&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522Mimosa%2Bsomnians%2522%26start%3D110%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dcom.mandriva:en-US:official%26sa%3DN%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8. Retrieved 2008-05-08. 
5. ^ "Mimosa (Genus)". zipcodezoo.com. http://zipcodezoo.com/Key/Mimosa_Genus.asp. Retrieved 2008-05-07. ^{[dead link]}
6. ^ Medicinal Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana), Retrieved 5-07-08
7. ^ "Journal of Natural Products: Vol.42, Issue 2 (ACS Publications)". pubs3.acs.org. http://pubs3.acs.org/acs/journals/toc.page?incoden=jnprdf&indecade=&involume=42&inissue=2. Retrieved 2008-05-07. 

External links

• Herbarium Specimens (NY Botanical Gardens): [1][2][3][4]
• Photos of Mimosa somnians (laflor.ifas.ufl.edu)