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Botanical name: Mimosa pudica L.
- [ (mim-MOH-suh) from the word for mimic, because the movement of the leaves; (pud-EE-kuh) shrinking, closing, modest ]
Family: Fabaceae (pea, or legume family)
- [ (fab-AY-see-ay) the Faba (broad bean) family, (formerly Leguminosae, the legume family) ]
Origin: Brazil
Common names of Mimosa pudica:
Assamese: nilajban • Bengali: laajak, lajjabati, lajjavathi • Danish: almindelig mimose • Dutch: kruidje-roer-me-niet • English: humble plant, sensitive plant (Australia), shame plant, sleeping grass, prayer plant, touch-me-not • Finnish: tuntokasvi • French: mimeuse commune, mimeuse pudique, sensitive • French Antilles Creole: marie honte, zèb manzèl • German: gemeine mimose, sinnpflanze • Gujarati: reesamani • Hawaii: hila hila • Hindi: छुई-मुई chui-mui, लाजवंती lajwanti, lajouni • Italian: sensitiva • Kannada: muttidare muni • Malayalam: തൊട്ടാവാടി teattavati, tintarmani • Manipuri: ikaithabi, kangphal • Marathi: लाजाळू laajaalu, laajari • Philippines: makahiya • Sanskrit: khadiraka, lajjalu, namaskaar, namaskaari, raktapaadi, samangaa, shamipatra • Sinhalese: nidikumba • Spanish: dormidera, sensitiva, vergonzosa • Suriname: sien-sien • Swedish: sensitiva • Tamil: தொட்டாச்சுருங்கி thottaccurungi, tottalavaadi • Telugu: attaapatti • Tonga: mate-loi • West Indies: mori vivi
Trade name: TickleMe Plant (TM)
Native to Brazil, this short lived evergreen sub shrub is usually treated as an annual. It is grown for its curiosity value - the fern like leaves close up and droop when touched, usually re-opening within minutes. It has prickly stems and small, fluffy, ball shaped pink flowers in summer.
A perennial plant, it grows to a height of 0.5m with a spread of 0.3m. In some areas this plant is becoming a noxious weed. The stem is erect, slender and branching. The leaves are bipinnate, fern like and pale green - closing when disturbed. The flowers are pale lilac pink, occurring in globose heads and appearing in summer.
Indigenous to the northern hemisphere, it is adaptable to most soils in an open, sunny position, and is drought and frost tender. Due to its ability to fix nitrogen from the air it does well on poor soils.
Courtesy:
- Flowers of India
- Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database
- Dave's Garden Botanary
- From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Note: Identification or description may not be accurate; it is subject to your review.
Tags: flora Mimosoideae Mimosaceae touch-me-not family Fabaceae pea family legume family bean family Leguminosae Mimosa evergreen perennial subshrub Mimosa pudica almindelig mimose attaapatti chui-mui dormidera gemeine mimose hila hila humble plant ikaithabi kangphal khadiraka kruidje-roer-me-niet laajaalu laajak laajari lajjabati lajjalu lajjavathi lajouni lajwanti makahiya mate-loi mimeuse commune mimeuse pudique mori vivi muttidare muni namaskaar namaskaari nidikumba nilajban prayer plant raktapaadi reesamani samangaa sensitiva sensitive sensitive plant shame plant shamipatra sien-sien sinnpflanze sleeping grass thottaccurungi TickleMe Plant tintarmani tottalavaadi touch-me-not tuntokasvi vergonzosa தொட்டாச்சுருங்கி लाजवंती छुई-मुई लाजाळू