RE: MGS tour/fun to touch plants
- Subject: RE: MGS tour/fun to touch plants
- From: C* J*
- Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 18:02:10 -0700
Thanks - I looked it up and it sounds like my plant - definately not
mediteranean, an invasive weed, actually. Oh, well.
-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Dills [c*@charter.net]
Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 4:11 PM
To: CarolJ@minimed.com
Cc: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
Subject: RE: MGS tour/fun to touch plants
>I don't know the real name, but a friend from Nicaragua once introduced me
>to a "sensitive plant". It was a small tree in the mimosa family whose
>leaves curl up at a light touch, then every so slowly uncurl. Does anyone
>else know the name?
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I think you are referring to Mimosa pudica. ---Chas---
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