Prashantji, you mean you have seen Mimosa pudica growing wild in the forest of Mumbai??
On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 12:19 PM, Ushadi micromini <microminipho...@gmail.com > wrote: > > > Satish Phadke is right... it escapes and grows spontaneously over > extensive grounds, I know of a upper end club west of Calcutta that > had acres of green lawn, that was almost fully invaded by two plants > that I love... one was this: mimosa pudica and another was > bringharaj ..eclipta alba... e. alba is I think native and m. pudica > is an import being from mexico originally if I remember ... both were > behaving as if they were very comfortable in the area ..... > > I am not sure if it would be termed narturalized..since it was not a > wilderness area... > does someone know the strict definition of NATURALIZED weeds?? > > > Usha di > ======== > > > > On Jan 7, 10:54 pm, Satish Phadke <drsmpha...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I don't know how wild it is but if planted in gardens it can grow very > > rapidly and spreads around a vast areas. Often it can grow in open spaces > > as garden escape too. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 4:04 PM, Prashant Awale <pkaw...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Dear Friends, > > > > > Sharing few photographs of *Mimosa pudica. > > > * > > > Common name: Lajalu > > > > > Family: Mimosaceae > > > > > Location: Mumbai > > > > > Habitat: Wild > > > > > Plant habit: Herb. > > > > > Regards > > > Prashant > > > > -- > > Dr Satish Phadke > -- - H.S. A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart of stone
