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Mimosa ophthalmocentra, known as jurema-embira or red jurema, is a shrub or small tree of seasonally dry Brazilian landscapes, growing 3 to 5 m tall. It is grown mainly in warm, frost-free climates and suits dry, sunny sites.
Mimosa ophthalmocentra, or jurema-embira ("red jurema"), is a tree in the family Fabaceae. It is native to Brazil. It is shrub or small tree about 3 to 5 m tall. Its blossoms come in long, narrow cylindrical spikes having yellowish white petals and a white stamen. The blossoms are sometimes found to have a pink tinge. The fruit is green, sometimes with red or purple, flat, about 8 cm long and about 1 cm wide.
The trunk grows to about 20 cm in diameter.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Mimosa ophthalmocentra by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
