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Mimosa pudica

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

Linnaeus

Common Names

• Morivivi
• Sensitive Plant
• Dormilona (Costa Rica)
• Puta Viega (Costa Rica)
• Nauapate (Costa Rica)
• Dika-kerik (Cabécara)
• Kerebi-kerik (Cabécara)
• De-kra-dike (Bribrí)
• Tshu-tsha (Brunka)
• Shku-shó (Térraba)
• Kop-kuo-shkú (Térraba)
• touch-me-not plant
• humble plant
• shameful plant (English); amourette herbe
• herbe sensible
• sensitive
• sensitive épineus
• mimosa pudique (French); vergonsoza
• dormidera
• ten vergüenza (Spanish); pinahuixtle
• quecupatli (Nahuatl
• Mexico); mori vivi (Hispaniola); honte (Haiti); dormideira (Brazil
• Portuguese); Chui-Mui (Urdu); Lojjaboti (Bengali); hánxiū cǎo = shyness grass (Chinese); Nidi kumba (Sri Lanka).

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Cuba
• Ecuador
• Hispaniola
• Jamaica
• Leeward Islands
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Peru
• Puerto Rico
• Trinidad & Tobago
• Virgin Islands - USA
• Windward Islands

Natural Habitats

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Erect or scrambling herb to 1m, lightly pubescent or glabrate & armed with incurved prickles. Bipinnate leaves to 15mm long with 1-2 pairs of leaflets to 10mm long, leaves sensitive to irritation. Axillary or terminal racemes, flower heads to 10mm long, 4 petals & 4 stamens, pinkish or violet. Glabrous pods to 15mm x 4mm with setose margins.

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• FOPE
• SAFIO
• Standley