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Family: Mimosaceae	Genus: Mimosa	Species: Mimosa pudica Linn.( छुई -मुई, लाजवंती )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

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.

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