Plants of the Eastern Caribbean

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The University of the West Indies
Cave Hill Campus
Barbados

Common Names: Amourette, Cock chien, honteuse male, kok chien, kok chyen

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Mimosa casta L.

Family: Fabaceae

Synonyms:

PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES

Growth Habit(s): shrub

Leaf Arrangement: Alternate

Leaf Type: Compound

Flower Colours:

DISTRIBUTION INFORMATION

General Distribution: Tropical America

Found in the Lesser Antilles in Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent

Status: Native

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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