Mimosa scabrella is a tree in the family Fabaceae. It is very fast-growing and it can reach a height of 15 m (49 ft) tall in only 3 years. Its trunk is about 0.1–0.5 m (3.9–19.7 in) in diameter. It has yellow flowers.
Mimosa scabrella (Bracatinga) is a tree in the subfamily Mimosoideaeof the family Fabaceae. It is a cross pollinating, mostly tetraploid plant with 52 chromosomes.
M. scabrella is native to the southern region of Brazil. There it grows naturally in associations called “Bracatingais”. ...