Touch me not / Mimosa Pudica Plant

₹150.00

Mimosa pudica is also called a sensitive plant, sleepy plant, action plant, touch-me-not, shame plant.
The plant is a creeping annual or perennial flowering plant of the pea/legume family Fabaceae.
It is often grown for its curiosity value – the compound leaves fold inward and droop when touched or shaken, defending themselves from harm, and re-open a few minutes later.
The plant is not shade-tolerant and is primarily found on soils with low nutrient concentrations.
Mimosa pudica is well known for its rapid plant movement.
The foliage closes during darkness and reopens in light.
The plant you may receive could have slight variations from the one that is depicted in the images. Because of the climatic conditions and plant availability Size, flowers and Pots may vary slightly.
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Categories: Flowering Plants, Foliage Plants, Ornamental Plants, Plants Tags: Flowering Plants ., Medicinal Plant, outddoor plant, special flower leaves, Top Selling

Popularly used as – Lamiales , Chinese Hat
Flower – Pink
Edible – Edible
Growth – Fast growth rate
Uses – Extracts of leaves and stem bark taken in dysentery, headache, high blood pressure

Temperature – Prefers temperature of 20-22 °C
Water – Newly planted– Water the plants moderately during the growth season, less in winter. Feed the plant with a balanced liquid fertilizer monthly.
Light – Prefers full sun but will bloom in filtered light.
Fertilizer – Feed the plant with a balanced liquid fertilizer monthly. They are frost tender.
Pruning – Prune in late winter or early spring, periodic pinching will help to promote bushiness.