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    The Mimosaceae family includes 56 genera and 2800 species distributed mostly in tropical and sub-tropical regions. In Pakistan, it is represented by 11 genera and 49 species. Members of this family include herbs, climbers, trees, and hydrophytic or xerophytic plants. Economically important plants in this family provide gum arabic, tannin, dyes, timber, and are used as windbreaks.

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    The Mimosaceae family includes 56 genera and 2800 species distributed mostly in tropical and sub-tropical regions. In Pakistan, it is represented by 11 genera and 49 species. Members of this family include herbs, climbers, trees, and hydrophytic or xerophytic plants. Economically important plants in this family provide gum arabic, tannin, dyes, timber, and are used as windbreaks.

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    The Mimosaceae family includes 56 genera and 2800 species distributed mostly in tropical and sub-tropical regions. In Pakistan, it is represented by 11 genera and 49 species. Members of this family include herbs, climbers, trees, and hydrophytic or xerophytic plants. Economically important plants in this family provide gum arabic, tannin, dyes, timber, and are used as windbreaks.

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    Mimosaceae

    Distribution of Mimosaceae:

    • It is commonly called Acacia family.


    • It includes 56 genera and 2800 species.
    • In Pakistan it is represented by 11 genera and 49 species.
    Distributed
    Mostly in tropical and sub-tropical regions.

    Classification
    Division: Spermatophyta ( Phanerogams)
    Sub – division: Angosperms
    Class: Dicotyledos
    Sub – class: Polypetalae
    Series: Clyciflorae
    Order: Rosales
    Family Liguminosae
    Sub - Family Mimosaceae
    A. Vegetative characters:
    Habit:
    Herbs (Mimosa), climbers (Entada) and trees (Acacia,
    Albizzia) and hydrophytic (Neptunia oleracea), xerophytic
    (Acacia).
    Root:
    Tap, much branched and deep.
    Stem:
    Erect or climbing woody, branched angular or cylindrical,
    solid, covered with bark.
    Leaf:
    Cauline, ramal, alternate, pinnate or bipinnate
    compound, stipulate, stipules may be modified into spines,
    petiolate.
    B. Floral characters:

    Inflorescence:
    Cymose head (Acacia), spike or racemose ( Prosopis).
    Flower:
    Pedicellate or sub-sessile (Acacia) or sessile (Prosopis),
    bracteate, actinomorphic, hermaphrodite, hypogynous,
    complete, tetra or pentamerous.
    Calyx:
    Sepals 5, gamosepalous, valvate or imbricate (Parkia),
    green or petaloid (Acacia nilotica).
    Corolla:
    Petals 5, polypetalous or gamopetalous (Acacia) valvate.
    Androecium:
    4 free in Mimosa, to free in Prosopis, indefinite and monadelphous in
    Albizzia, filaments long.
    Gynoecium:
    Monocarpellaiy, ovary superior, unilocular, marginal placentation.

    Fruit:
    A legume or lomentum.
    Seed:
    Non-endospermic.

    Floral formula:
    Mimosa pudica (touch-me-not)
    Habit:
    Herb, widely spreading and diffuse; cultivated in gardens as an ornamental plant.
    Root:
    A nodulated, much branched tap root.
    Stem:
    Erect, herbaceous above and woody below, solid, branched, prickly.
    Leaf:
    Compound-bipinnate sensitive to contact, stipulate, stipules modified into
    spines, petiolate, petiole long and prickly, alternate.
    Leaflet:
    10-20 pairs, sessile, opposite, oblong, entire, acute, unicostate reticulate
    venation.
    Inflorescence:
    cymose axillary head, pink.
    Flower:
    Bracteate, sub-sessile, complete, hermaphrodite, actinomorphic, tetramerous,
    hypogynous, pink.
    Mimosa pudica
    Calyx:
    Sepals 4, gamosepalous, campanulate, valvate.
    Corolla:
    Petals 4, polypetalous,
    Androecium
    filaments long, anthers dithecous, introrse, dorsifixed or versatile.
    Gynoecium:
    Monocarpellaiy, superior, unilocular, marginal placentation, many ovules; style
    long and filiform; stigma terminal, minute.
    Fruit:
    A pod or lomentum, 3-6 jointed, covered with bristles.
    Seed:
    Non-endospermic.

    Floral formula: 4
    Floral diagram of Mimosa pudica

    Floral formula
    Important plants of family Mimosaceae
    1.Acacia nilotica.
    2. Albizzia lebbek (Siris)
    3. Neptunia oleracea
    4. Acacia modesta
    5. Acacia senegal
    6. Prosopis juliflora ( Kabali kikar)
    7. Mimosa pudica ( Chui – mui)
    8. Mimosa rubiculis
    Economic Importance of Mimosaceae:

    1. Acacia catechu serves as a host for the lac insects. From this plant Katha is also
    obtained. Gum arabic is obtained from the barks of A. nilotica (syn. A. arabica)
    and A. Senegal. Saresh- a type of gum - is obtained from Albizzia lebbek.
    The flowers of A. decurrens var. dealbata yield a perfume.
    The bark of Acacia yields tannin which is used in leather tanning.

    2. The wood of Adenanthera pavonina is powdered and yields a red dye.

    3. Prosopis spicigera is grown as a hedge plant and also as a wind breaker in


    Rajasthan to check spreading desert, acts as water indicator.

    4. Durable timber is obtained from Acacia melanoxylon, Lysistoma sabicu, Xylia


    dolabriformis (Iron wood).

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