Invasive Species
Mimosa pigra is on the list on the worlds 100 worst invasive species in the Invasive Species Specialist Groups Global Invasive Species Database. It has has been documented in: Australia, Cambodia, Dominican Republic, Ghana, Guinea, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Mozambique, Papua New Guinea, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Zambia, United States, and Viet Nam (Vietnam).
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