Nice pics of Touch me not. Thanks Gurcharan Singh ji for sharing. Regards Prashant
On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 8:56 PM, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Beautiful Chhuimui > > > On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 5:49 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> *Mimosa pudica* L., Sp. pl. 1:518. 1753 >> >> >> Common names: touch-me-not, common sensitive plant, shameplant >> Hindi: Chhui-mui, lajwanti >> >> Low undershrub with curved prickle and glandular hairs; leaves sentitive, >> bipinnate, pinnae 1-2 pairs, at the end of 25-30 mm long rachis; leaflets >> 10-20 pairs, 5-8 mm long, linear, hairy beneath and along margins; flowers >> in globose 6-9 mm across heads on 2-3 cm long peduncle; calyx with 4 lobes; >> corolla pink with 4 lobes; stamens 4, long exserted; fruits stellately >> arranged, 12-20 mm long, recurved, joints separating from spinous sutures. >> >> Often grown in pots and beds. Photographed from Khalsa College, Delhi >> >> >> >> -- >> 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/ >> >> > > > -- > Regards > > Dr Balkar Singh > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > Arya P G College, Panipat > Haryana-132103 > 09416262964 >
