• Family : FABACEAE
  (PEA OR BEAN FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Leguminosae
• Subfamily : Mimosoideae
• Species : Mimosa pudica
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Mimosa pudica L.
• Common name : Touch-me-not, Sensitive plant
• Vernacular name : Lajvanti, Lajwati, Chui-mui (Hin.); Nachige mullu, Muttidare muni, Olamucchaga (Kan.); Thottaar sinungi, Totalvadi (Tam.); Nidrabhunji, Attipatti, Lajjavathi, Peddanidrakanni (Tel.); Lajakuli, Lajkui, Lajuli, Nachkuli, Lajalu (Ori.); Lejjallu (San.)
• Key identification features : A prickly herb with alternate compound leaves. Leaflets many, on secondary rachis. Flowers minute with reddish-pink calyx and numerous pink stamens aggregated into a globose head. Fruit is a flat pod with constrictions between seeds.
• Habit : Herb
• Flower, Fruit : November-May
• Native : Tropical America
• Comments : Common on plains to 1300 m, along roadsides, forest clearings and ungrazed places. Also found in aggregate clumps along river banks, arable and fallow lands.
• Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
• Distribution Locality : Throughout Eastern Ghats
• World Distribution : Pantropical
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District ; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. ; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Mimosa pudica. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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