Mimosa pudica, also known as the touch me not plant, offers surprising healing benefits. From infections to diabetes, its ...

More information: Prem Pal Singh et al, Mimosa pudica linn seed derived natural piezoelectric nanogenerator and separator for RGO/NiZTO based high performance supercapacitor, Chemical Engineering ...

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur developed this innovation by transforming mimosa pudica seeds — the same plant known for closing its leaves when touched — into a ...

Mimosa Pudica (Sensitive plant/Touch Me Not Plant) can offer such protection, going by the report of studies that it curbs poisoning by cobra bite. In the experient with cobra poison, the dry root ...

A plant’s version of muscles does the lifting and pushing that shuts a Mimosa pudica plant leaf like a book when touched, perhaps as defense against danger. Now scientists are looking at how ...

Here’s the plant: Gardeners call Mimosa pudica “the sensitive plant,” because if you touch it even lightly or drop it or disturb it, within seconds it folds its teeny leaves into what looks ...

However, Mimosa pudica, commonly called touch-me-not, shame or sensitive plant, moves its leaves by bending the motor organ “pulvinus” immediately in response to touch and wound.

The Mimosa pudica plant lets off a stink bomb to ward off predators, researchers found. The flowering plant is already commonly known as the 'shy plant' because its leaves curl up when touched.