fabaceae- mimosoideae
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Consists of
herbs, shrubs, trees, or
vines, with spines sometimes
present
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Sometimes have a symbiotic
association with nitrogen-fixing
bacteria, which induce
formation of root nodules
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Usually compound
- pinnate, bipinnate, trifoliolate, rarely
palmate
sometimes simple or unifoliolate
usually spiral
basal pulvini often present
leaflet folding responses (e.g., Mimosa
spp.)
Generally stipulate, sometimes stipellate
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• Actinomorphic/
Radial
• bisexual, sometimes
unisexual
• Corolla
- typically 5
- distinct petals
-basally fused
petals (valvate in bud)
• Hypanthium
sometimes present
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Variable, typically bracteate
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Generally a legume
sometimes indehiscent, winged
(samara), drupe-like or divided into
transverse partitions (loment)
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Longitudinal, rar
ely poricidal in
dehiscence
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Unicarpellous
Superior ovary
1 (rarely 2 or more) carpel
1 locule
Style and stigma are solitary
Marginal placentation
Ovules are anatropous, bitegmic
Nectaries often present
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Stamens are numerous, distinct and
basally fused
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also known as Makahiya,
Sensitive plant, or
Touch-me-not
Leaves bipinnately
compound, with 1 or 2
pinnae pairs, 10-26
leaflets per pinna
Pedunculate pale pink or purple flower heads arise
from leaf axils
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fruit consists of clusters of
2-8 pods, which break
into 2-5 segments and
contain pale brown
seeds
-flowers pollinated by
wind and insects
seeds have hard seed coats which restrict germination