Taxon: Mimosa pudica L.

Common names:

• common sensitive-plant   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• sensitive-plant   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – English
  
• sensitive-weed   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• shameplant   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• touch-me-not   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• han xiu cao   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• sensitive   (Source: J.-G. Fouché) – French
  
• Sinnpflanze   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• mimosa   (Source: F Korea ) – Transcribed Korean
  
• mimoza stydlivaja   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – Transliterated Russian
  
• dormidera   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• sensitiva   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• sensitiva   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (as an experimental novelty fide Dict Gard)
  
• Environmental: soil improver   (fide Pl Res SEAs 4:168. 1992)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Pl Res SEAs 12(1):349. 1999; CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)
  
• Weed: potential seed contaminant   (mainly in SE Asia fide Atlas WWeed)
  

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View phytochemical or ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• widely naturalized in tropics

• also cultivated

• probable origin neotropics

References:

• 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 4:167.
• Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica.
• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960–. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
• Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1961–. Flore du Gabon.
• Barneby, R. C. 1991. Sensitivae censitae: a description of the genus Mimosa Linnaeus (Mimosaceae) in the New World. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 65:624.
• Bässler, M. 1985. Die Gattung Mimosa (Leguminosae - Mimosoideae) in Cuba. Feddes Repert. 96:605.
• Brunel, J. F. et al., eds. 1984. Flore analytique du Togo. Phanerogames.
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
• Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980–. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• Fouché, J.-G. 1999. pers. comm. [re. French common names].
• Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984–. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
• Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6.
• Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds.
• Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
• Isely, D. 1973. Leguminosae of the United States: I. Subfamily Mimosoideae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 25(1):105.
• Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.
• Lewis, G. P. & P. E. Owen. 1989. Legumes of the Ilha de Maraca.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Matthew, K. M. 1983. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• McVaugh, R. 1983–. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
• Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
• Padua, L. S. de et al., eds. 1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 12(1):349.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Pulle, A. A. et al., eds. 1932–. Flora of Suriname.
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
• Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. 1970–. Flora of Thailand.
• Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala.
• Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa.
• Verdcourt, B. 1979. A manual of New Guinea legumes.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Mimosa pudica.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Mimosa pudica.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Mimosa pudica.

Check other web resources for Mimosa pudica L.:

• ILDIS: World Database of Legumes
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images or nodulation data:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Fruiting head: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Fruits, individual: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seeds: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• GRIN nodulation data

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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