Mimosa pudica

Sensitive plant

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Tropical America but widely naturalized. Leaves bi-pinnate with 4 secondary petioles. Marked 'sleep movements' at night when leaflets fold together and petioles droop. This happens very rapidly is the plant is touched or shaken. This is possibly a mechanism to deter grazers.

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