Local Name: Botanical Name: Family: Found in Zone No.

ไมยราบ, กระทืบยอด, หนามหญ้าราบ Mimosa pudica Linn. LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE (FABACEAE) 3

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Descriptions :
Shrub Perannals herb or very small shurb; 30-50 cm, spiny, Leaves; bipinnately compound leaf, with out stipule, pinnae 6-8 cm long, leaflet; opposite, oblong lanceolate , entire, round apex, base round,, 0.2-0.3 mm x 0.5-7 mm. Inflorescence; racemose type, head. Flower; bisexual, small, 2-3 mm by 3-5 mm, sepal 5, petal 5, united, purple, 3 by 4 mm. stamen many. pistil; superior ovary, 1 locule, 1 carpel, Fruit; septicidal, (pod), small, 3-5 cm long.Seed; round.