[Sca-cooks] for the botanists-

[Laura C. Minnick]

At 01:31 PM 5/26/03 -0500, you wrote:
>As I recall, Robinia are the locusts, while the true mimosas are genus
>Mimosa.
>
>And for anyone who "really" wants to know, these different genera are all
>members of the pulse family (Leguminosae or Fabaceae, depending on your
>source).
>
>Bear
>
>>I'm not a botanist but I am a landscaper.  Acacia consist of about 1,000
>>species of evergreens growing in tropical and subtropical regions.  Many
>people
>>get these confused with the trees and shrubs commonly called acacia but
>those
>>belong to the group Robinia which is where the Mimosa belongs.
>>What were you looking for exactly?
>>
>>Annan

Oh boy- I'm getting posts out of order again...

Ok, after spending several hours on-line, and the best I can find is family
Fabaceae- one of the divisions being Mimosoideae, and of those there is
Acacia, and Mimosa pudica.

So I'm trying to find out what was growing in Poitou in 1154- the
travelogues etc refer both to acacia and to mimosa- and I'm trying to
figure out which is which. I know acacia can be tapped for gum, and I know
that mimosa shrinks from touch. But which lives in Poitou? Either? Both?
when someone mentions one, which do they mean? AAAAAAAAGAHHHHH!

'Lainie
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