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| July 2008 at Okinawa |
July 2008 at Okinawa |
July 2008 at Okinawa |
| Family | Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae; also placed in Mimosaceae) |
| Subfamily | Mimosoideae |
| Tribe | Mimoseae |
| Scientific name | Mimosa pudica L. |
| Synonyms | Mimosa andreana Britton & Rose; Mimosa endymionis Martius; Mimosa hirsuta Moçiño & Sessé y Lacasta ex G. Don; Mimosa hispidula Kunth; Mimosa irritabilis C. Presl; Mimosa pudibunda Willdenow; Mimosa pudica L. forma glabrior Bentham ex Fawcett & Rendle; Mimosa pudica L. forma hispidior Bentham ex Fawcett & Rendle; Mimosa pudica L. var. glabrata de Candolle; Mimosa pudica L. var. pastoris Barneby; Mimosa pudica L. var. tetrandra (Humboldt & Bonpland ex Willdenow) de Candolle; Mimosa pudica L. var. unijuga (Duchassaing de Fontbressin) Grisebach; Mimosa striatostipula Steudel; Mimosa tetrandra Humboldt & Bonpland ex Willdenow; Mimosa unijuga Duchassaing de Fontbressin & Walpers |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) ojigi-sou (オジギソウ, 御辞儀草 [meaning: greeting weed]), (ネムリグサ, 眠り草 nemuri-gusa [meaning: sleeping weed]) |
| (English common name) sensitive-plant, shameplant, touch-me-not | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (west of Kanto region), Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) [native] tropical America | |
| Habitat | Field, roadside |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=52 |
| Description | Plants ca. 1m. Leaves 10-25 pairs leaflets, each 6-15mm long, 1-3mm wide. Flowers purple 1-1.3cm, flowering in July to October. Fruits 1-1.8cm long. Annual plants or perennial plants. |
| Reference | Mimosa pudica L. |
| Mimosa pudica L. | |
| Method of improving skin condition (US Patent 5905265/1999) | |
| Mimocapsin (US Patent 6071507/2000) | |
| Use of flower wax in liquid hair-treatment agents (US Patent 6153196/2000) | |
| Compositions containing mimosa phenolic compounds (US Patent 6290993/2001) | |
| Composition for treating white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) infected tiger shrimp penaeus monodon and a process for preparation thereof (US Patent 6440466/2002) | |
| Biosensor (US Patent 7141414/2006) | |
| Method for preventing and/or treating viral infection in aquatic animals (US Patent 7306818/2007) | |
| Seed coat gene and gene product (US Patent 7396978/2008) | |
| Note | Naturalized plants (introduced as a garden plant in 1830-1844). |
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