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Sensitive (Mimosa pudica)

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This datasheet is pending revision and updating; its contents are currently derived from FAO's Animal Feed Resources Information System (1991-2002) and from Bo Göhl's Tropical Feeds (1976-1982).

Datasheet

Description
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Sensitive (Mimosa pudica), habit, Kew Gardens, London
Common names 
Sensitive, sensitive plant, sensitiva
Species 

Mimosa pudica L. [Fabaceae]

Feed categories 
Related feed(s) 
Description 
Leaves bi-pinnate with 4 secondary petioles. Marked "sleep movements" at night when leaflets fold together and petioles droop. This happens very rapidly is the plant is touched or shaken. This is possibly a mechanism to deter grazers.
Distribution 
Tropical America but widely naturalized.
Nutritional tables
Tables of chemical composition and nutritional value 
References
References 
Mabberley, D. J., 1987. The Plant Book. Cambridge University Press. 707 pp
1 references found
Datasheet citation 

DATASHEET UNDER CONSTRUCTION. DO NOT QUOTE. https://feedipedia.org/node/631 Last updated on March 16, 2010, 17:13

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