Excellent shots On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 5:03 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote:
> *Mimosa pudica * L. > > > > - *mim-MOH-suh* -- from the word for mimic, referring to the movement > of the leaves > *pud-EE-kuh* -- shrinking, closing, modest > > > [image: Lajwanti (Hindi: > लाजवंती)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F1453442922%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeSOa0rJP7PD70Si_I2ZEPauALmXQ> > Sep 28, 2007 ... in a resort garden, along NH8 near Chinchoti, Thane, > Maharashtra > > > *commonly known as*: humble plant, sensitive plant (Australia), shame > plant, sleeping grass, prayer plant, touch-me-not • *Assamese*: nilajban > • *Bengali*: laajak, lajjabati, lajjavathi • *Gujarati*: reesamani • * > Hindi*: छुई-मुई chui-mui, लाजवंती lajwanti, lajouni • *Kannada*: > muttidare muni • *Malayalam*: thottavaadi, tintarmani • *Manipuri*: > ikaithabi, kangphal • *Marathi*: लाजाळू laajaalu, लाजरी laajari • * > Sanskrit*: khadiraka, lajjalu, namaskaar, namaskaari, raktapaadi, > samangaa, shamipatra • *Tamil*: தொட்டாச்சுருங்கி thottaccurungi, > tottalavaadi • *Telugu*: attaapatti > > *Native of* probable origin neotropics: naturalized pantropically; also > cultivated > > *References*: Flowers of > India<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.net%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FTouch%2520Me%2520Not.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzev6uIb0CDBJYrmaxD_fiZXGubUhQ>• > M.M.N.P.D.<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au%2FSorting%2FMimosa.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcrlupp32u-_gZgKimxeUC-Bpkrwg>• > Wikipedia<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSensitive_plant&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzd_Wtnw0S7KRf8moIDshwbpi_QsEw> > > > *more views*: > > - May 12, 2007 ... at Malpe beach, Karnataka > [image: Mimosa > pudica]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F504309464%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfNZ822fms4cXncACAftmtxbtfkhQ> > - Sep 24, 2008 ... somewhere along Ghodbunder Road, Thane, Maharashtra > [image: Thottaccurungi (Tamil: > தொட்டாச்சுருங்கி)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2886020284%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzddopznvBUw4M4nknXts4PQa-FINw> > - Mar 5, 2011 ... in Bhile, Chiplun, Maharashtra > [image: muttidare muni (in > Kannada)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F5506814674%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeXZKCQgyivmwDbhrGg97HtFeR6bw> > > > > Regards. > Dinesh -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
