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Taxonomy:

Gagnebina pterocarpa (Lam.) Baill. (Fabacaeae)

Synonyms:

Gagnebina axillaris DC.

Gagnebina tamariscina (Lam.) DC.
Mimosa pterocarpa Lam.
Mimosa tamariscina Lam.

Kingdom: Plantae-Plants
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta-Vascular plants
Superdivision: Spermatophyta-Seed plants
Division; Magnoliophyta-Flowering plants
Class: Dicotyledonae
Subclass: Rosidae
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Gagnebina
Species: pterocarpa

Description:

This shrub has leaves (~4 cm long) made up of many small (~4 mm long) sword-shaped leaflets. Individual flowers are quite small which stamens and carpels that stick out of the petals.

Clusters of these flowers give the plant a pom-pom look. The fruit is a brown sickle-shaped seed pod, about 4-6 cm long and 1 cm wide, containing 15-20 seeds.
(Flora of Madagascar Website www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=12&taxon_id=250071679)

Geographic Distribution:

Geographic Distribution: This plant is endemic to the Comoros and Mascarene islands, where it’s found in dry hillsides up to 1000 meters.

(www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=12&taxon_id=250071679)

Scientific Research:

There are only six species in this genus, all are found in Madagascar, the Commoros and Mascarene Islands.

LUCKOW, M., AND D. D. PUY. 2000. A New Species of Gagnebina (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) from Madagascar. Novon 10: 220-223.

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