Mimosa pudica

• Botanical Name : Mimosa pudica L.
• Common Name : Touch-Me-Not, Sensitive Plant, Lajamani
• Plant Family : Mimosaceae
• Plant Form : Herb
• Occurrence (Sectors) : 15, 21, 30
• Occurrence (Special Areas) : Gujarat Forestry Research Foundation, Indroda Park, Van Chetana Kendra

About Mimosa pudica Plant :

• Habit : A diffuse undershrub, armed with prickles.
• Leaves : Sensitive, digitate, stipules linear-lanceolate, leaflets 12-20 pairs, linear-oblong.
• Inflorescence : Globose head.
• Flowers :
  • Pink, peduncles prickly.
  • Calyx very small.
  • Corolla pink, lobes 4, ovate oblong.
  • Stamens 4, much exserted, anthers not gland-crested.
  • Ovary sessile, ovules many.
• Fruit : Pods curved, moniliform, 3-5 seeded.
• Flowering and Fruiting Time : September-October
• Significance : Common everywhere and cultivated in the gardens.