Buy Mimosa tenuiflora hostilis jurema
Buy Mimosa tenuiflora hostilis jurema
Mimosa tenuiflora, syn. Mimosa hostilis, also known as jurema preta, calumbi (Brazil), tepezcohuite (México), carbonal, cabrera, jurema, black jurema, and binho de jurema, is a perennial tree or shrub native to the northeastern region of Brazil (Paraíba, Rio Grande do Norte, Ceará, Pernambuco, Bahia) and found as far north as southern Mexico (Oaxaca and coast of Chiapas), and the following countries: El Salvador, Honduras, Panama, Colombia and Venezuela.[3] It is most often found in lower altitudes, but it can be found as high as 1,000 m (3,300 ft).[3]
Description
The fern-like branches have leaves that are Mimosa like, finely pinnate, growing to 5 cm (2.0 in) long. Each compound leaf contains 15–33 pairs of bright green leaflets 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) long. The tree itself grows up to 8 m (26 ft) tall[3] and it can reach 4–5 m (13–16 ft) tall in less than 5 years. The white,[3] fragrant flowers occur in loosely cylindrical spikes 4–8 cm (1.6–3.1 in) long. In the Northern Hemisphere it blossoms and produces fruit from November to June or July.[4] In the Southern Hemisphere it blooms primarily from September to January. The fruit is brittle and averages 2.5–5 cm (0.98–1.97 in) long. Each pod contains 4–6 seeds that are oval, flat, light brown and 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) in diameter. There are about 145 seeds/1 g (0.035 oz).[5] In the Southern Hemisphere, the fruit ripens from February to April.
The tree’s bark is dark brown to gray. It splits lengthwise and the inside is reddish brown.
The tree’s wood is dark reddish brown with a yellow center. It is very dense, durable and strong, having a density of about 1.11 g/cm3.[6]
Mimosa tenuiflora does very well after a forest fire, or other major ecological disturbance.[7] It is a prolific pioneer plant.[7] It drops its leaves on the ground, continuously forming a thin layer of mulch and eventually humus. Along with its ability to fix nitrogen, the tree conditions the soil, making it ready for other plant species to come along. Buy Mimosa tenuiflora hostilis jurema
Recommended products for Mimosa hostilis – Inner root bark | Jurema Preta
Medicinal uses
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This article needs more reliable medical references for verification or relies too heavily on primary sources. (November 2011)
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Mimosa Hostilis Tenuiflora Jurema Seeds
Packet of 20+ freshly harvested home grown seeds!
This very fast growing thorny tree is often known as Mimosa hostilis, but that name has changed and it is now called Mimosa tenuiflora instead.
It has also been known as Acacia jurema, Mimosa apodocarpa var hostilis, Mimosa cabrera, Mimosa limana, Mimosa nigra, Acacia tenuiflora, Mimosa cabrera, Mimosa limana, jurema preta, calumbi, carbonal, cabrera, carbon colorado, jurema, black jurema, binho de jurema, and it often gets pushed and promoted by celebrities and beauty guru’s under the name Tepezcohuite.
It is used as a medicinal species, an ingredient in make-up, a fodder crop, a dye plant, bee forage, as a pioneer species, and as a general soil improver. This is because it drops a huge amount of very fine leaf matter that builds up as mulch improving poor rocky soils like mine. The difference to the soils texture and water holding ability is pretty amazing.
Being the aggressive thorny spiky bastard that it is if you do plan on growing this species make sure you grow it in pots or give it a haircut at least once a year so it doesn’t get out of hand.
That said it is not the much smaller prolific pink flowered Mimosa pudica, it is not the much harder to manage prohibited pest species Mimosa pigra, and it is not any of the other 500+ completely different species of Mimosa either.
The very high tannin content of this fella means it is often used for tanning and staining timber as well as various medicinal uses including mouth infection and toothache.
It handles drought without any issues all the while fixing nitrogen which is a big bonus, and the rose like thorns means it is one of the very few plants that doesn’t immediately get smashed by the roos and critters when the feed dies off. They do eat it, they just generally wait until they have eaten all my other cool stuff first.
Beautiful prolific flowers that the native bees love, and the long straight 3-5metre long broom handle thick branches are super easy to clean up. Just wack on a pair of garden gloves and run your hand down the stem and all the thorns just pop off. Give it a couple thumps on the ground or with the back of your saw and the bark gets nice and loose and you can just peel it away leaving the beautiful pale timber behind. These long straight poles are the ideal building material for chicken roosts, bean trellis and tomato stakes.
Being so high in tannin(~16%?) they don’t seem to get eaten by termites and critters which is very handy, especially here in Queensland Australia. Tea made from the plant is used extensively for healing wounds, tropical ulcers, and preventing parasites on stock.
It is also pretty famous for its shamanic use by the Jurema Cult and its interesting natural chemical composition.
If you said to me “What’s a fast growing nitrogen fixing plant that handles drought and doesn’t get smashed by the critters in the dry” then this fella would definitely be on the list.
It is easy to grow but Hot Water Treatment is needed to break dormancy if you are in a hurry. Without this germination can take a while as the seeds are designed to sit dormant and germinate mostly after fire when the other competition has been wiped out and they have clear access to the sun.
Same thing a lot of our native Acacia species do.
Mimosa tenuiflora | ‘Jurema’, ‘Tepezcohuite’ | Seeds
(syn. Mimosa hostilis)
We’re always looking to offer more variety, so are happy to be stocking this great quality Mimosa tenuiflora / Mimosa hostilis seed, collected in 2019 in Brazil. This seed was at approximately sixty-five-percent viability when we last tested its germination.
Mimosa hostilis is an important perennial shrub or tree species of the Fabaceae family which is native to parts of Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Panama and Venezuela. Synonymous with Mimosa tenuiflora, this useful species is commonly known by a variety of informal names, including ‘Black Jurema’, ‘Cabrera’, ‘Calumbi’, ‘Carbonal’, ‘Jurema’, ‘Jurema Preta’, ‘Tepezcohuite’ and ‘Yurema’.
Mostly growing at relatively low altitudes in USDA Hardiness Zones 9-11 (although it has been found as high as a thousand metres or so), hostilis reaches roughly eight metres tall – reaching half of that height within five years or less in good conditions! Covered in dark brown-red-grey bark (more of which below), the tree’s thorny, fern-like branches are the base for finely pinnate, bright-green leaves of roughly five centimetres in length. Fragrant white-whitish flowers – between four and eight centimetres long – occur from November to July in the Northern Hemisphere, September to January in the Southern Hemisphere.
The bark of this species is excellent for use as an organic dye and tanning agent (for its high tannin content) and as a soap-making ingredient (for its high lipid and saponin content). Further, Mimosa hostilis bark is used traditionally in Middle and South America to topically treat burns and wounds, coughs and chest infections, tooth pain and assorted other ailments. The plant is also used as a fertiliser, soil-fixer and fuel, to make charcoal and to build bridges, buildings, fences and furniture and as drought-fodder and parasite preventative for certain livestock species.
Mimosa hostilis is a fast-growing and quite forgiving species when in cultivation, as long as you treat her well! Younger, smaller plants are great as a feature of any indoor collection; if planting outside, do so in USDA Hardiness Zone 9 or higher for best results. Similar to germinating seeds of related species, such as the Desmanthus, maximise hostilis germination rates via seed pre-treatment (you can go either the scarification or the soaking route – check our Cultivation Guides for more information). Mimosa hostilis seed germinates in two to four weeks at a range of between 10°C to 30°C (roughly 25 °C is best) and – due to their hard seed coat – remain viable for many years. Once germinated, they can either be sown directly into the ground (space around five metres apart if so – they get relatively big), or else planted in containers of sandy, mildly acidic to mildly alkaline soil. Expose to full sun or full sun to partial shade and water regularly in average amounts, keeping the soil slightly moist at all times for best growth. You can also try propagating from cuttings, once you have a mature plant or two.
Based outside of Europe? Contact us to arrange your order. We kindly remind you that shipment of seeds is at your own risk. It’s crucial to familiarise yourself with local Customs regulations and other relevant laws, as we cannot be held accountable for orders that are declined or confiscated.
Product Details
| Product Type | Seed |
|---|---|
| Amount | 25 seeds, 50 seeds, 100 seeds |
| Common Name | Jurema |
| Family | Fabaceae |
| Genus | Mimosa |
| Species | tenuiflora |
| Flower | White to whitish |
| Year Harvested | 2019 |
| Collection | Non-Succulent Species |
| Not Shipped To | France, Poland, Ukraine |
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