| Family: Mimosaceae | Genus: Mimosa | Species: Mimosa himalayana Gamble( अइला, शिःकांता, ) |
Habit |
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Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
| Synonym | Mimosa rubricaulis Sensu auct., Mimosa rubricaulis subsp. himalayana (Gamble) H.Ohashi | Flower Color | Red - Pink |
| Common Name | Agla, Aila, Alral, Eil | Flower Type | Capitulum |
| English / Trade Name | Himalayan Mimosa | Flowering Period | July-Sept |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Shiahkanta, Aila | Fruiting Period | Oct-Dec |
| Altitude | 300-1900 m | Fruit Type | Pod |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Fruit occasionally with prickles on the sutures, strap-shaped, glabrous seeded joints, which get separated from the sutural frame. |
| Habitat | It is found in the Himalayas | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | India, Afghanistan | Bark Details | Bark smooth, greyish |
| Distribution in Haryana | Ambala, Fatehabad, Kaithal, Mewat, Morni-Pinjore, Palwal, Rewari, Yamuna Nagar | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Bi-pinnate | ||
| Description of Species | A large straggling deciduous shrub, branches ribbed, densely hairy; prickles present on nodes or inter nodes, straight or hooked, Leaf bipinnate, rachis prickly, prickles mostly hooked, hairy, ribbed; pinnae 5-12 pairs, Leaflets oblong, obtuse, mucronate, glabrous above, more or less hairy below, subsessile. Inflorescence globose, head forming terminal panicle. Flowers pink fading to white, Calyx hairy. Corolla 4 lobed, lobes. Stamens 8, long, exserted. Ovary short stalked, glabrous. Fruit occasionally with prickles on the sutures, strap-shaped, glabrous. | Leaf Details | Leaf bipinnate, rachis prickly, prickles mostly hooked, hairy, ribbed; pinnae 5-12 pairs, Leaflets oblong, obtuse, mucronate, glabrous above, more or less hairy below, subsessile. |