Mimosa pudica

Mimosa pudica (lat. Mimosa pudica) is a perennial herbaceous plant of the plants of the genus Mimosa, of the Legume family (Fabaceae).

Has a height of 30-70 cm, rarely up to 150 cm. Its leaves are rolled up when you touch them. This is due to the fact that at the base of the petioles are of a water membrane, and the leaves have sensory areas which react to pressure. Upon contact, the water moves to this place, and under the weight of the leaves shrivel and fall.

In one study, it was discovered that the Mimosa pudica has the ability to "remember" the characteristics of each contact, and if that is not a threat, to fold the sheets will be.

In another study it was found that the plant can distinguish the type of touch. In the case when the roots touched the man — the air was filled with a mixture of hydrogen sulfide and other substances, but the contact with metal and other objects of the mechanism are not running.

Homeland plants — the tropical part of South America and Central America, but is grown everywhere in the tropics (Africa, North Australia, Hawaii). Widespread worldwide as an indoor or greenhouse plant.

The plant is poisonous, can cause poisoning of grazing cattle

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