Common name
English: Sensitive Plant
German: Schamhafte Sinnpflanze
Mandarin: 含羞草 (han xiu cao)
Portuguese: Dormideira
English: Sensitive Plant
German: Schamhafte Sinnpflanze
Mandarin: 含羞草 (han xiu cao)
Portuguese: Dormideira
Kingdom: Plantae (2595)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2492)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2107)
Order: Fabales (237)
Family: Fabaceae (237)(family description)
Genus: Mimosa (8)
Epithet: pudica L. (1)
Synonym: Mimosa hispidula Kunth
hispidula => somewhat rough or with small bristles
pudica => bashful, retiring, shrinking
Climate: tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: shrub
Flower colour: violet, pink
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