However, Mimosa pudica, commonly called touch-me-not, shame or sensitive plant, moves its leaves by bending the motor organ “pulvinus” immediately in response to touch and wound. Since the era ...

The “do not touch me” flower, also known as Mimosa pudica’s leaves that fold inwards instantly when it is touched, is also ...

Instead, it is derived from a small tropical species known as mimosa pudica or sensitive plant. The uniqueness of this plant is in its leaves, which fold up when touched. It was given the name ...

The beloved brunch beverage is named after the mimosa plant which is also called the Mimosa pudica. It is also known as the sensitive plant. According to National Calendar Day, it is a flowering ...

A new look at these bulges on the Mimosa pudica plant has revealed more details of how a leaf manages its unusually fast folding, says biomechanist David Sleboda of the University of California ...

Mimosa pudica commonly called ‘Touch-me-not’, Sensitive plant’, ‘Humble plant’ or ‘Shameful plant’ because of its reaction to touch, is a weed found throughout the tropics.

She saw this happen! Here’s the plant: Gardeners call Mimosa pudica “the sensitive plant,” because if you touch it even lightly or drop it or disturb it, within seconds it folds its teeny ...

More than 200 years ago, French botanist René Desfontaines instructed a student to monitor the behavior of Mimosa pudica plants as he drove them around Paris in a carriage. Mimosa pudica quickly ...