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3 unusual facts about Mimosa pudica


Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke

Archiv für Anatomie, Physiologie und wissenschaftliche Medicin: 434-455 (1848) -- On the movements of Mimosa pudica.

Pierre Nicolas d'Incarville

However, when the emperor was shown some sensitive plants (Mimosa pudica) that d'Incarville had grown, he was so amused that he allowed the Jesuit into the gardens.

Randall Fontes

The project was to research action potential in the Algae Nitella, and the parenchama cells of the Mimosa pudica to determine their sensitivity to various external stimuli.


Ministrymon azia

Adults feed on the nectar of various flowers, including Leucaena leucocephala, Melilotus alba, Cynoglossum amabile, Bidens alba, Turnera ulmifolia, Mimosa pudica and Acacia species.


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