Mimosa
the typical genus of the moseæ. included the Acacia and nearly all the other genera of the modern sub-order As constituted by Linnæus, it Mimosa. About 200 are known, the India and Africa. majority from America, the rest from herbs or shrubs, sometimes climbing; the leaves are bipinnate, and in some species They are prickly MINA sensitive. M. pudica and M. sensitiva are the sensitive plants. The former is naturalized over India; the leaves are prescribed in piles and fistula. The bruised leaves of M. rubicaulis are applied to burns. Its root is charred for gunpowder charcoal. The legumes of M. saponaria, or Acacia concinna, are saponaceous and are an article of commerce in India.