Mimosa unguis-cati , Sp. Pl., 1: 517., 1753
Type: "Habitat in Jamaica, Caribaeis." Lectotype: "Acaciae quodammodo accedens, s. Ceratiae & Acaciae media Jamaicensis spinosa bigeminatis foliis, flosculis stamin. atronitente fructu, siliquis parum intortis" in Plukenet, Phytographia, t. 1, f. 6, 1691, LT designated by Rico in Turland & Jarvis (ed.), Taxon 46: 476. 1997
Habit: Shrub.
Distribution: Karnataka, West Bengal [Asia: Indonesia; Oceanic Islands: Aldabra, Mauritius, Rodrigues, Seychelles; Africa; Australasia; North America; South America: Columbia].
Remarks: Native of tropical Central and South America, introduced elsewhere.