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Family: Mimosaceae	Genus: Mimosa	Species: Mimosa himalayana Gamble( अइला, शिःकांता, )

Habit	Leaf	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.

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