Neptunia oleracea
Neptunia oleracea, commonly known in English as water mimosa or sensitive neptunia, is pantropical nitrogen-fixing perennial legume. Genus and common name come from Neptune, god of the sea, in reference to the aquatic habit of some species in the genus.
| Neptunia oleracea | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
| Genus: | Neptunia |
| Species: | N. oleracea |
| Binomial name | |
| Neptunia oleracea Lour. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Its specific epithet oleracea means "vegetable/herbal" in Latin and is a form of holeraceus (oleraceus).
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