Mimosa Pudica (Sensitive plant)
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Peel off the outer seed husk
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Mimosa pudica

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Mimosa pudica

(Mimosa pudica)
Flower-head

Scientific classification

Kingdom:
Plantae

Division:
Magnoliophyta

Class:
Magnoliopsida

Order:
Fabales

Family:
Fabaceae

Subfamily:
Mimosoideae

Genus:
Mimosa

Species:
M. pudica

Binomial name

Mimosa pudica
L.[1]

Mimosa pudica (Sensitive Plant) (pudica = shy), is a creeping annual or perennial herb often grown for its curiosity value: the compound leaves fold inward and droop when touched, re-opening within minutes. The species is native to South America and Central America, but is now a pantropical weed.

1 Description

1.1 Plant movement

2 Taxonomy and nomenclature

2.1 Common names

3 Distribution
4 Agricultural impacts
5 Cultivation
6 Uses

6.1 Medicinal properties
6.2 Ayurvedan Properties (guna) of Lajjalu

[edit] Description

Mimosa Pudica Seeds

New Sprouted Mimosa Pudica

The stem is erect in young plants, but becomes creeping or trailing with age. The stem is slender, branching, and sparsely to densely prickly, growing to a length of 1.5 m (5 ft). The leaves are bipinnately compound, with one or two pinnae pairs, and 10-26 leaflets per pinna. The petioles are also prickly. Pedunculate (stalked) pale pink or purple flower heads arise from the leaf axils. The globose to ovoid heads are 8-10 mm in diameter (excluding the stamens). On close examination, it is seen that the floret petals are red in their upper part and the filaments are pink to lavender. The fruit consists of clusters of 2-8 pods from 1-2 cm long each, these prickly on the margins. The pods break into 2-5 segments and contain pale brown seeds some 2.5 mm long. The flowers are pollinated by the wind and insects.[2]

[edit] Plant movement
Mimosa pudica is well known for its rapid plant movement. In the evening the leaflets will fold together and the whole leaf droops downward. It then re-opens at sunrise. This type of motion has been termed nyctinastic movement. The leaves also close up under various other stimuli, such as touching, warming, or shaking. The stimulus can also be transmitted to neighbouring leaves. These types of movements have been termed seismonastic movements. The movement is caused by "a rapid loss of pressure in strategically situated cells that cause the leaves to droop right before one’s eyes".[3] This characteristic is quite common within the Mimosaceae family..

[edit] Taxonomy and nomenclature
Mimosa pendula was first formally described by Carl Linnaeus in Species Plantarum in 1753.[4] The species epithet, pudica, is Latin for "bashful" or "shrinking", alluding to its shrinking reaction to contact.

[edit] Common names
The species is known by numerous common names including

sensitive plant[5]
humble plant[5]
shameplant[5]
sleeping grass[6]
touch-me-not[5].

The Chinese name for this plant translates to "shyness grass".[7] Its Sinhala name is Nidikumba, where 'nidi' means 'sleep'[8]. Its Tamil name is Thottal Sinungi, where 'Thottal' means 'touched' and 'Sinungi' means 'little cry'[9]. Other non-English common names include Makahiya (Philippines, with maka- meaning "quite" or "tendency to be", and -hiya meaning "shy", or "shyness")[citation needed], Mori Vivi[3] (West Indies), and mate-loi (false death)[citation needed] (Tonga).

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