Botanical Name - Mimosa pudica

----- M. pudica, Linn.; F.B.I. II-291. Vern. Najuk, Sharminda, Hind.

----- The well-known " Touch-me-not " or Sensitive plant in cultivated. Pinnae 3-4, digitate, clothed with long bristly hairs. Flowers in small peduncled heads all down the branches, 1-2 from each axil. Pod 1/2 in. long with abundant straw-coloured prickles. Seeds 3-4.