Mimosa pudica, Sensitive plant - Seeds - plants - dried herbs

Common names: Sensitive plant, Touch-me-not, Sleepy plant, Humble plant, Shameful plant, Ant-plant

Botanical name & synonyms: Mimosa pudica, Mimosa hispidula

Family: Legume, pea, bean (Fabaceae, Leguminosae)

• native to South America and Central America, now across the tropics
  

• perennial, evergreen shrub
  

• globular, pink or purple flowers
  

• frost-tender
  

• ornamental plant
  

• weight of 1000 seeds = 5,6 gram