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Mimosa, Linn. 



Mimosa asperata, Linn. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. II. p. 335. 



HI — Houston, Reliq. t. 24 ; Bruce, Abyss. Travels, vii. t. 7 (Ergetie 

 Krone) ; Kunth, Voy. Humb. & Bonpl. Mimosa, t, 9 {M. pellita) ; De 

 Candoile, Mem, Leg. t. 63 ; De Rochebrune, Toxicol. Afr. ii. fasc. 1, 

 p. 145, f . 131. 



Vernac. names. — Kardegi (Katagum, Dalziel) ; Kwenuwapi 

 (Mrima, De Rochebrune) ; Logogonee (Madi, De Rochebrune) ; 

 Shagara-et-fas (Arabic, Senaar, Muriel) ; Mosaghani (Hameg, Muriel); 

 Soune (Senegal, Moloney). 



Katagum ; Nupe. 



Wood suitable for carpentry (Moloney, For. W. Afr. p. 341). 



Found by river banks, Katagum and elsewhere (Dalziel, Barter, 

 Herb. Kew). 



Ref. — " Mimosa asperata" in Toxicologic Africaine, De Roche- 

 brune, ii. fasc. 1, pp. 144-147 : Botanique, Historique, Chimie, Physio- 

 logie, Therapeutic (Octave Doin, Paris, 1898). 



Mimosa pudica, Linn. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. II. p. 336. 



A small spinous shrubby plant 1 — 2 ft. high. Flowers capitate, 

 pink, 1 — 2 inflorescences borne in each axil. Pod \ in. long, 3 — 4 

 seeded, constricted, each constriction with a seed contained in it 

 falling away from the sutures when ripe. 



III.— Commelin, Hort. Med. Amstel. PI. t. 29 (Aeschynomene 

 spinosa) ; Andr. Rep. viii. t. 544 ; Diet. Sc. Nat. t. 258 ; Bot. Reg. 

 (1825) t. 941 ; Burnett, PI. Util. ii. t. 46& ; Spach, Suites (Hist. Nat. 

 des Vegetaux) t. 1. f. 2 ; Nicholson, Diet. Gard. ii. p. 370; Engl. & 

 Prantl, Pflan. iii. pt. 3, f. 41 (leaf) f. 69 A— E. 



Sensitive Plant, Humble Plant, Bashful Mimosa. 



Native of Tropical America. Naturalized in Tropical Africa. 



The root is emetic and poisonous in large doses (Heckel, Ann. Inst. 

 Col. Marseille, 1897, p. 143). 



The plant is mentioned as a fodder for cattle in Java (Tropenpfl. 

 1902, p. 427), recommended in the Fed. Malay States and Ceylon as a 

 cover plant, to keep down other weeds, and for green manuring 

 (Bull. Imp. Inst. 1907, p. 441 ; Philippine Agric. Rev. 1909, p. 289 ; 

 Bamber & Holmes, Roy. Bot, Gdn. Ceylon, Circ. No. 17, 1911, p. 226). 

 In Batu Tiga it is reported that over six acres planted, a dense cover 

 has been made, and the plants have kept in check all weeds except 

 lalang. As a mulching material plants 10 months old cut over to six 

 inches above the ground, vielded at the rate of 2950 lbs. per acre 

 (Campbell, Agric. Bull. Str. Sett, and Fed. Malay St. 1909, p. 446), 

 over 13 tons per acre, per annum in Ceylon (Bamber & Holmes, I.e.). 



Leucabna, Benth. 



Leucaena glauca, Benth. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. II. p. 337. 



Ill— Ralph. Ic. Carp, t, 6, f. 2 ; Vidal, Fl. For. Filip t, 45b ; De 

 Wildeman, Ic. Hort. Thev. vi. t. 206 ; Sargent, Silva, N. America, 

 iii. t. 139. 



Vernac. name. — Bois Sophie (Dominica, Moloney). 



The seeds are commonly used for ornamental purposes ; but are 

 unsuitable for feeding purposes (Col. Rep. Ann. No. 656, 1910, p. 34). 



The plant is reputed to be injurious to animals, it is said to cause 

 the hair to drop out from the tails and manes of horses (Safford, PI. 

 Guam, p. 151), 



