Touch-me-not
Scientific name of Touch-me-not: Mimosa pudica
Name of Touch-me-not in different languages:-
Sanskrit: Lajjalu, Raktamoola
English: Sensitive Plant, Touch-me-not
Hindi: Chui-mui छुई-मुई, Lajwanti लाजवंती
Tamil: தொட்டாச்சுருங்கி-Thottaccurungi
Malayalam: Tintarmani, Thottavadi തൊട്ടാവാടി
Plant description:
Touch me not (Mimosa pudica) is a creeping or trailing prickly herb, stems branching, slender grow to 1.5 m long, leaves are bipinnate, compounded and purplish green in colour and slippery while pressing, flowers are globose, pink, arise from the leaf axils, up to 10 mm diameter, fruits are in clusters of 2 to 8 pods, seeds are brown, 2.5 mm long.
Useful plant parts:
Whole plant
Leaf Arrangement
| Shape-Even pinnate | Margin-Entire | Venation-pinnate |
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Medicinal uses: to treat respiratory, problems, Kapaha, wounds, blood purification, allergy
Chemical content: alkaloid, mimosine, antiproliferativeHow to prepare medicines:
Touch-me-not is the one of the ingredients in the Ayurveda medicines like-
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