Mimosa pudica Lajjlau Touch me not Lajwanti

Plant Profile

Botany

Binomial nomenclature

Mimosa pudica

Scientific Name and Description

Mimosa pudica L.

Herb Family

Fabaceae

Plant type

Shrub

Plant Synonyms

Mimosa sensitiva

Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular

English	sensitive plant, touch-shy plant, Touch me not
Hindi	chui mui, lajalu, lajawanti, lajjavanti, lajjavati, lajvanti, lajwanti, najuk, sharminda, sharmpate, Lajwanti लजवंती Lajwanti
Kannada	ganda kaali, hadergitte, lajja, lajjaavathi, lajjavat, lajjavathy, lajje, muchha muri, mudugudavara, mudugudavare, muduguthaavare, mudurelegida, muthamurike, mutlamurike, muttalu muduru, muttalu muruka, muttidare muni, muttidaremuniva, naachike gida, naachike mullu, nachikay-gida, nacike, nacikegida, nacikimullu, nasike, thotuthe-ramum, thotutheramum
Malayalam	thendarmani, thotavadi, thottamvati, thottavadi, tindarmani, tintarmani, tottalvati, tottamvati, tottavati
Marathi	laajari, lajaalu, lajalu, lajri, Chundri चुंडरी Chundri
Sanskrit	ajalikalika, alambusa, anjalikaraka, anjalikarika, asrarodhani, gandamalika, kandiri, khadiraka, khadirpatrika, lajja, lajjalu, lajjaluh, lajjika, mahabhita, mahaushadhi, mamaskari, namaskari, prasarini, raktamula, raktapadi, samanga, samangga, samipatra, saptaparni, shamipatra, sparshalajja, sprikha, svagupta, tamra, tamramula, varaha-kranta, varahakranta, varakranta, vashini
Tamil	al, alavananki1, alcunanki, alcunankicceti, arcalakacceti, arcalakam, camankai, camanki, caminnai, cayanti, cinunki, cunti, cuntil, cuntiyilai, curukki, cuvetamuli, cuvetamulinicceti, cuvetavati, ilaccaki, intiriyakkoti, intu, iracalakacceti, iracalakam, kacankukanni, kacankukannicceti, kacirorttam, kasirottam, laccaru, milananceti, namakkari, nilaccurunki, palakamoti, palakamoticceti, samangai, tamiramulam, tantakkari, thotalpadi, thotalvadi, thottai-surungi, thottal shurungi, thottal-surungi, thottalsurungi, thottalvadi, thottar chunnungi, thottar-chunungi, thottasiningi, total vadie, totalvadi, tottachurungi, tottakkalvati, tottalcinunki, tottalcurunki, tottalvadi, tottalvati, tottalvaviricceti, tottalvayiri, tottar cinunki, tottar cunanki, tottar curunki, tottarcinunki1, tottarcunanki, tottarcurunki1, urumarmulicceti, urumarumuli, vaku, varakakkiranti, vati, Thottamuththu த் தொட்டமுத்து Thottamuththu
Telugu	atthapatthi, lajjavanthi, manugumaramu, mudatha damara, munuguda, munuguda-maramu, muttavapulagamu-chettu, muttavapulagamucettu, nidrakanti, peda nidrakanti, pedda nidrakanti, peddanidrakanti, siggaku, thottalasingi, Thangedu Thangedu ཐངེད་དུ་ Thangedu
Tibetan	btsod rigs gcig pa, sa mam ga
Common names	Sensitive Plant, Touch-Me-Not,

Plants Medicinal Value

Medicinal Systems

Ayurved

Siddha

Tibetan

Folk

Sowa Rigpa

Herb usable parts

Roots

Leaves

Fruits

Seeds

Whole plant

Ethanomedical Uses

Ethnopharmacology use

Extract of whole plant heals cuts and wounds.
Infusion of leaves and decoction of roots is useful in piles and fistula.
Leaf paste is used in glandular swellings.
Leaf juice is applied over sores, fistula and hemorrhoids.
Decoction of roots is also used in treating urinary infections.

Source: Medicinal Plants in the Indian Arid Zone, March 2005, Director Central Arid Zone Research Institute Jodhpur 342 003

Mimosa pudica L. Lajwanti Mimosaceae Carminative, aphrodisiac, indigestion

Mimosa pudica L. Attipatti Fabaceae Whole plant Fistula, hydrocele

Mimosa pudica Linn. Chuimui Fabaceae Herb Root Bufadienolide, D-Pinitol, Norepinephrine, P-Coumaric Acid, Mimopudine, and Mimosine

Mimosa pudica L.

Habit - Shrub

Parts used - Whole plan

Application - Asthma; blood purifier; diarrhoea; dysentery; snake bite; scorpion sting; wound; body pain; jaundice; cuts; piles; stomachache; muscular pains; psoriasis; stops bleeding; abortifacient; blood in breast milk; insomnia; fever; dysmenorrhea; urinary disorder; skin problems; fistula; for inducing sleep in children

Treatment - General; children; women

References - Pushpangadan and Atal 1984, Samy et al. 2008, Sharma et al. 2013, Udayan et al. 2005, Udayan et al. 2007