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Mimosa pudica

(Cierra Tus Puertas)

Overview

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Herb to small shrub from tropical America, with purplish stems and recurved prickles.

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in Bengali:

Laajak, Lajjavathi

Common Names in Danish:

Almindelig Mimose

Common Names in Dutch:

Kruidje-Roer-Me-Niet

Common Names in English:

Cierra Tus Puertas, Ci, Ci‚rrate Puta, Cogadrogadro, Common Sensitive Plant, Dormideira, Dormidera, Dormilona, Feuilles L'endormi, Herbe Sensible, Honte, Malicia, Maria-Feche-A-Porta, Mori Vivi, Mouri Lev, Mouri Lev‚, Naupate, Pohe H'avare, Pope Haavare, Puta Vieja, Sansib, Sensitiva, Sensitive, Sensitive Grass, Sensitive Plant, Sensitive-Plant, Shame Bush, Shame Face, Shame Lady, Shame Plant, Shame Weed, Shameplant, Touch-Me-Not, Trompe La Mort, Verg, Vergonzosa, Vergenza, Vivi-Mori, Zarza, Zarza Dormilona

Common Names in Finnish:

Tuntokasvi

Common Names in French:

Mimeuse Commune, Mimeuse Pudique, Sensitive

Common Names in German:

Gemeine Mimose, Sinnpflanze

Common Names in Gujarati:

Reesamani

Common Names in Hindi:

Chuimui, Lajaalu, Lajjavanthi, Lajouni

Common Names in Italian:

Sensitiva

Common Names in Kannada:

Muttidare Muni

Common Names in Malagasy:

Amboafotsikely, Matirosana, Ramire, Ramirena, Roimena, Rotravahiny

Common Names in Marathi:

Laajaalu, Laajari

Common Names in Portuguese:

Dormideira

Common Names in Russian:

Mimoza Stydlivaja, мимоза стыдливая

Common Names in Sanskrit:

Khadiraka, Lajjalu, Namaskaar, Namaskaari, Raktapaadi, Samangaa, Shamipatra

Common Names in Sinhalese:

Nidi-Kumba

Common Names in Spanish:

Dormidera, Sensitiva, Vergonzosa

Common Names in Swedish:

Sensitiva

Common Names in Tamil:

Tottal-Vadi, Tottalavaadi

Common Names in Telugu:

Attaapatti

Description

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Subfamily Mimosoideae

Mostly trees or shrubs . Leaves mostly bipinnate. Corolla usually not showy, actinomorphic , sympetalous , the lobes valvate . Stamens 10-numerous, often monadelphous , showy. Pollen released in monads , tetrads , or polyads . Seeds with u-shaped line (pleurogram) present. [Carr]

Genus Mimosa

Trees shrubs or herbs, mostly armed ; leaves bipinnate; secondary rachides mostly 2-stipellate. Inflorescence globose head or cylindric spike. Flowers small, sessile 6-3-merous. Calyx usually minute. Petals more or less connate . Stamens double the number of petals or equal, free , often twice as long as the corol¬la; anthers small, eglandular . Ovary usually sessile, 2 or more ovuled; style fill form. Fruit oblong or linear , usually plano-compressed, valves 2, separating from the persistent margins . Seeds ovate or orbicular , flat.

A genus with about 600 species, mostly from tropics and subtropics.[1]

Physical Description

Habit: HerbClimbing: Not Climbing

Flowers: Bloom Period: June. • Flower Color: pink

Size/Age/Growth

Size: 12-18" tall.

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: Annual

Growth

Culture: Space 15-18" apart.

Soil: Minimum pH: 6.6 • Maximum pH: 7.5

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade.

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 11. (map)

Taxonomy

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Synonyms

Mimosa hispidula Kunth

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Climbing : Not climbing, Conservation Status: Not Threatened, Habit: Herb, Habit: Shrub , Lifespan: Perennial , Lifespan: Annual

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Mimosa

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 41 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

M. aculeaticarpa (Cat's-Claw Mimosa) · M. albida (Zarza) · M. arenosa (Elegant Mimosa) · M. asperata (Black Mimosa) · M. bahamensis (Bahama Mimosa) · M. borealis (Catclaw Mimosa) · M. caesalpiniifolia (Jupinuan) · M. casta (Graceful Mimosa) · M. ceratonia (Black Ambret) · M. diplotricha (Giant False Sensitive Plant) · M. diplotricha var. inermis (Giant Sensitive-Plant) · M. dysocarpa (Velvetpod Mimosa) · M. emoryana (Emory's Mimosa) · M. grahamii (Graham's Mimosa) · M. hystricina (Porcupine Mimosa) · M. invisa (Giant False Sensitive Plant) · M. latidens (Kairn's Sensitive-Briar) · M. laxiflora (Arizona Mimosa) · M. macracantha (Long-Spined Acacia) · M. malacophylla (Soft-Leaf Mimosa) · M. nuttallii (Catclaw Sensitivebriar) · M. pellita (Lollipop Mimosa) · M. pigra (Amourette) · M. pigra var. pigra (Thorny Sensitive-Plant) · M. pudica (Cierra Tus Puertas) · M. pudica var. hispida (Sensitive Plant) · M. pudica var. pudica (Shameplant) · M. pudica var. setosa (Sensitive-Plant) · M. pudica var. tetrandra (Sensitive-Plant) · M. pudica var. unijuga (Shameplant) · M. quadrivalvis (Cats Claw) · M. quadrivalvis var. floridana (Catclaw Sensitivebriar) · M. quadrivalvis var. hystricina (Bristly Sensitive-Brier) · M. rupertiana (Eastern Sensitive Plant) · M. scabrella (Abaracaatinga) · M. schomburgkii (Schomburgk's Mimosa) · M. somnians (Dormideira) · M. strigillosa (Herbaceous Mimosa) · M. tenuiflora (Cabrera) · M. turneri (Desert Mimosa) · M. verrucosa (Jurema Branca)

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Further Reading

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Notes

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Contributors

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 14, 2007:

Identifiers

Footnotes

  1. "Mimosa". in Flora of Pakistan . Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
Last Revised: 7/15/2012