Mimosa Absolute India
Origin: India

• Details and product description

  Introduction:

  Fast-growing shrub or small tree 5 to 10 meters high. Its thin evergreen leaves are made up of multiple leaflets with a silvery gray to blue-green color. The fluffy flowers are clustered (from 10 to 100) in golden-yellow downy balls. These round flower heads are formed from stamens. The fruit is a flat brown pod containing the seeds. The bark has a leathery scent and is known by the name "Wattle Bark." It has a tannin content of 30 to 40%, which are widely used in the leather industry. Mimosa is used for the manufacture of chemical products, for environmental protection and wood production. The tree’s bark has astringent properties but it must be stored for one year before it can be used. The bark is used as an anti-diarrhea medicine. It contains up to 37-40% tannins. The flowers are used to make yellow dye and the pods are used for green dye. An organic chemical compound called kaempferol gives color to the Acacia decurrens flowers.

  History:

  Its name Origin from Latin dealbatus, white-washed, referring to the young white shoots and leaves. "Acacia" comes from Greek akis, "point", because the thorns. "Mimosa" is its name in the south of France.  The city of Mandelieu-La Napoule, in the Alpes-Maritimes (France), is the international capital of mimosa. Since 1931, it has been celebrated there every year in the month of February during a large popular Mimosa Festival that lasts 10 days.   The mimosa was imported to France on the Mediterranean Coast from Australia in the end of the 18th century by the renown explorer James Cook. The shrub adapted very well to its new environment, enjoying the sunny climate and the very infrequent frosts of the French Riviera. It took root in the Estérel and Tanneron massifs (mountain ranges). European aristocrats were the first to adorn their gardens with Mimosa. However, the history of the mimosa is marked by setbacks. The first great catastrophe occurred on February 13, 1929, when frost and snow devastated the crop. Then two years later, on February 16, 1931, to celebrate the renaissance of the mimosa and the perseverance of its producers, the first Mimosa Festival was held in Mandelieu-La Napoule. Its cultivation today mobilizes a hundred local mimosists, and more than 8 million bouquets are shipped throughout the world every year. Likened to the sun, the mimosa symbolizes magnificence, elegance, tenderness and imparts a message of friendship and warm welcome. The mimosa is not just a decorative shrub at the start of the year, it is also exploited for its fragrance, and has contributed, like the rose, to the development of the city of Grasse in the 19th century. The heady scent of billions of little fluffy balls quickly interested perfumers and mimosa is an ingredient in the composition of famous perfumes. There are many plantations around Grasse. Its flower is even used in gastronomy. Since the acacia mimosa is a toxic plant, all the skill of the great chiefs was required to capture the perfume without touching the alkaloids.

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