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  2. Mimosa pudica - Wikipedia

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    Mimosa pudica (also called sensitive plant, sleepy plant, [citation needed] action plant, humble plant, touch-me-not, touch-and-die, or shameplant) [3] [2] is a creeping annual or perennial flowering plant of the pea/legume family Fabaceae. It is often grown for its curiosity value: the sensitive compound leaves quickly fold inward and droop ...

  3. Thigmonasty - Wikipedia

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    Mimosa pudica in normal and touched state.. In biology, thigmonasty or seismonasty is the nastic (non-directional) response of a plant or fungus to touch or vibration. [1] [2] Conspicuous examples of thigmonasty include many species in the leguminous subfamily Mimosoideae, active carnivorous plants such as Dionaea and a wide range of pollination mechanisms.

  4. List of beneficial weeds - Wikipedia

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    Medicinal Avoid Comments Bashful mimosa: Mimosa pudica: Ground cover for tomatoes, peppers: predatory beetles: Used as a natural ground cover in agriculture Caper spurge: Euphorbia lathyris: Moles: Used in French folk medicine as an emetic and purgative [1] Many domesticated animals can eat it, although it is poisonous to humans. [1] Primarily ...

  5. List of Mimosa species - Wikipedia

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    Mimosa adenantheroides (M.Martens & Galeotti) Benth. Mimosa adenocarpa Benth. Mimosa adenotricha Benth. Mimosa adpressa Hook. & Arn. Mimosa affinis B.L.Rob. Mimosa aguapeia Barneby; Mimosa albida Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. Mimosa albolanata Taub. Mimosa alleniana Morong; Mimosa altoparanensis Burkart; Mimosa amambayensis Hassl. Mimosa amnis-atri ...

  6. File:Mimosa pudica in Hainan.ogv - Wikipedia

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    Mimosa_pudica_in_Hainan.ogv (Ogg multiplexed audio/video file, Theora/Vorbis, length 56 s, 320 × 240 pixels, 820 kbps overall, file size: 5.43 MB) This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons . Information from its description page there is shown below.

  7. Mimosoideae - Wikipedia

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    The Mimosoideae are a traditional subfamily of trees, herbs, lianas, and shrubs in the pea family that mostly grow in tropical and subtropical climates.They are typically characterized by having radially symmetric flowers, with petals that are twice divided (valvate) in bud and with numerous showy, prominent stamens.

  8. Mimosa pigra - Wikipedia

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    Mimosa pigra is closely related to Mimosa pudica (common sensitive plant). It can be distinguished from Mimosa pudica by its large size, large pods (6 to 8 cm long as opposed to 2.5 cm long) and leaves, which have 6 to 16 pairs of pinnae as opposed to 1 to 2 pairs on Mimosa pudica leaves. [1] [4]

  9. Thigmotropism - Wikipedia

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    Mimosa pudica is well known for its rapid plant movement. The leaves close up and droop when touched. However, this is not a form of tropism, but a nastic movement, a similar phenomenon. Nastic movements are non-directional responses to stimuli (e.g. temperature, humidity, light irradiance), and are usually associated with plants.

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