Known as the Giant Sensitive Plant, and thorny. Native to the Neotropics, but now a pantropical weed. Photo from from northern Borneo. In context at www.dixpix.ca/indonesia/flora/peas/index.html
A species presenting splays of six or more leaflet axes. Reported for scattered sites in northern South America. Photo from the Rio Guarmani Valley, Ecuador. In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/mixed/index.html