[1] Mimosa rubicaulis is a large, straggling, very prickly shrub.

Leaves are double-compound, 8–15 cm long, with thorny rachis.

Pods are thin, flat, curved, 8–13 cm long, 1 cm wide, breaking into 4–10 rectangular single-seeded units, leaving the remains of the pod attached to the shoot.

The wood is suitable for tent pegs and for making gunpowder charcoal.

Himalayan Mimosa is found in the Himalayas, from Afghanistan to Bhutan, at altitudes of 300–1900 m. It prefers forest edges and boundaries of fields and gardens.