Fabaceae

Jurema

Mimosa tenuiflora (Willd.) Poir.

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Mimosa

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Jurema (Mimosa tenuiflora) — FlowerPhoto: Breno Figueiredo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (11)

Arabic: مستحية نحيلة الأوراق
bpy: জুরেমা
Chinese: 細花含羞草, 细花含羞草
Czech: Citlivka stydlivá
English: Jurema, Tepezcohuite
Esperanto: Nigra ĵuremo
Hebrew: מימוזה טניפלורה
Japanese: ミモザ・テヌイフローラ
Persian: میموسا تنویفلورا
Portuguese: Jurema-preta
Romanian: Arborele pielii

Synonyms

Acacia hostilis Mart.
Acacia jurema Mart.
Acacia tenuiflora Willd.
Mimosa apodocarpa var. hostilis (Benth.) Hassl.
Mimosa cabrera H.Karst.
Mimosa hostilis Benth.
Mimosa limana Rizzini
Mimosa nigra Huber

Flowers

In flower: January, April, July, September to October (from 53 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Breno Figueiredo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: stephen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Breno Figueiredo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Anilton Junior, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Drewpiter, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Breno Figueiredo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Photohound, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Breno Figueiredo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Breno Figueiredo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Drewpiter, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Drewpiter, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Arlucio C. Ribeiro Filho, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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). About our plant data.