Mimosa pudica

id: mimosa-pudica-189-16398141
title: Mimosa pudica
text: Mimosa pudica 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 when touched or shaken and re-open a few minutes later. For this reason, this species is commonly cited as an example of rapid plant movement. Like a number of other plant species, it undergoes changes in leaf orientation termed "sleep" or nyctinastic movement. The foliage closes during darkness a
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description: Species of plant whose leaves fold inward and droop when touched or shaken
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimosa_pudica
date created: 2005-05-18T21:33:16Z
date modified: 2024-09-09T14:40:42Z
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