Fabaceae
Chamaecrista
Chamaecrista mimosoides
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Chamaecrista
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Common names
By language (6)
- Chinese
- 假含羞草, 含羞草山扁豆, 含羞草决明, 山扁豆, 水皂角, 铁甲草, 铁箭矮陀, 黄扁豆
- dag
- Laŋgirndoo
- English
- Chamaecrista
- Hausa
- Gabaruwar ƙasa
- kai
- Dàmi-dàmi
- Malayalam
- ചേരണി
Synonyms
- Cassia amoena Buch.-Ham.
- Cassia angustissima Lam.
- Cassia auricoma var. glabra Ghesq.
- Cassia capensis var. humifusa Ghesq.
- Cassia chamaecrista f. auricoma Kuntze
- Cassia filipendula Bojer
- Cassia filipendula Bojer
- Cassia geminata Vahl ex DC.
- Cassia gracillima Welw.
- Cassia guineensis G.Don
- Cassia hecatophylla DC. ex Callad.
- Cassia leschenaultii Wall.
- Cassia microphylla Willd.
- Cassia microphylla var. guineensis DC.
- Cassia microphylla var. senegalensis DC.
- Cassia mimosoides L.
- Cassia mimosoides var. glabriuscula Ghesq.
- Cassia myriophylla Wall.
- Cassia procumbens sensu Stickman, non L.
- Cassia roxburghiana Graham
- Cassia sensitiva Roxb.
- Cassia thunbergiana Blume ex Miq.
- Chamaecrista angustissima (Lam.) Greene
- Chamaecrista hecatophylla (DC. ex Callad.) Greene
- Nictitella mimosoides (L.) Raf.
- Senna sensitiva Roxb.
- Senna tenella Roxb.
Characteristics
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.