It is a leguminous, thorny shrub like tree, up to 8 m heigh, with a wide distribution, but it is only in very localized areas of Chiapa, Mexico, that the species has healing properties. The root bark of M. tenuiflora, known for centuries by the Maya Indians as Tepescohuite or skin tree. Flowers white
INCI name: AQUA, PROPYLENE GLYCOL, SORBITOL, MIMOSA TENUIFLORA BARK EXTRACT, PHENOXYETHANOL, ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN