This plant reminds of the childhood days. We use to enjoy touching its leaves and then observing it getting closed. Nice photographs. Regards Prashant
On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 5:40 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Nice photographs Dinesh ji > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 5:15 PM, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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 >> > > > >
