| Family: Mimosaceae | Genus: Mimosa | Species: Mimosa pudica Linn.( छुई -मुई, लाजवंती ) |
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| Synonym | Mimosa hispidula Kunth | Flower Color | Red - Pink |
| Common Name | Touch-me-not | Flower Type | Capitulum |
| English / Trade Name | Sensitive Plant, Touch-me-not, Humble plant | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Chui-mui , Lajwanti | Fruiting Period | April-June |
| Altitude | Upto 1300m | Fruit Type | Pod |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | A flat pod, slightly undulate, jointed, bristly along margin, horned; seeds 2-5, ovoid, compressed. |
| Habitat | Common on moist and ungrazed places. Near riverbanks, bunds of arable lands, fallow lands and water courses. | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Native of South America | Bark Details | Bark purplish, branches hairy and prickly, hairs glandular. |
| Distribution in Haryana | Ambala, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Mewat, Morni-Pinjore, Yamuna Nagar | Origin | Exotic |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Bi-pinnate | ||
| Description of Species | A low spreading shrub, branches hairy and prickly, hairs glandular. Leaf very sensitive; stipulate, stipules linear-lanceolate, prickly, pinnae 1-2 pairs, sessile, situated at the end of the rachis; leaflets 12-20 pairs, sessile, linear-acute, glabrous above, hairy on the margin and below. Flowers in peduncled more or less globose heads, yellow, peduncle densely hairy, bracts small, linear-acute. Calyx minute. Corolla pink divided into 4 obtuse lobes. Stamens 4, much exserted. Fruit pod, flat, recurved, having 3-5 or 1 seeded parts, glabrous, light brown; joints separating from the persistent, spinous sutures. | Leaf Details | Leaf very sensitive; stipulate, stipules linear-lanceolate, , grooved and prickly, pinnae 1-2 pairs, sessile, situated at the end of the rachis; leaflets 12-20 pairs, sessile, coriaceous, linear-acute, glabrous above, hairy on the margin and below. |
