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'''Lajjika''' is an annual to perennial, more or less prostrate creeping plant. The plant can grow up to 1 metre tall, but is more likely to be 15 - 45cm tall, the stems usually becoming woody. The plant is gathered from the wild for local medicinal use. It is cultivated as a green manure and for soil stabilization, and is sometimes also cultivated for its uses in folk medicine. Probably arose in the Neotropics, but now Pantropical.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Female reproductive disorders}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}, {{Uses|Bleeding disorders}}, {{Uses|Ulcers}}, {{Uses|Inflammation}}, {{Uses|Gastritis}}, {{Uses|Fatigue}}, {{Uses|Asthma}}, {{Uses|Skin diseases}}
<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Whole plant}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=naachike gida, naachike mullu, ganda kaali, hadergitte, lajja, lajjaavathi|ml=thendarmani, thotavadi, tindarmani|sa=ajalikalika, alambusa, anjalikaraka, khadiraka, khadirpatrika, namaskari, prasarini, raktamula, shamipatra|ta=alavananki, cuntiyilai, thottal shurungi|te=atthapatthi, lajjavanthi, manugumaramu, mudatha damara, munuguda, muttavapulagamu-chettu, nidrakanti|hi=chui mui, lajalu, lajawanti, lajjavanti, lajjavati|en=Sensitive plant}}
<ref name="Common names"/>
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
Tikta (Bitter), Kashaya (Pungent)
===Guna===
Laghu (Light), Rooksha (Dry)
===Veerya===
Sheeta (cold)
===Vipaka===
Katu (Pungent)
===Karma===
Pitta, Kapha
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Herb}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Bipinnate|alternate|Borne on stalks (i.e. petioles) 15-60 mm long. They consist of one or two pairs of branchlets (i.e. pinnae) that often have a covering of stiff, prickly, bristles. Each of these branchlets (2.5-8 cm long) bears 10-25 pairs of small dark green leaflets. The leaflets are elongated or oblong in shape (6-15 mm long and 1-3 mm wide) with entire margins. Both surfaces of the leaflets are sparsely hairy (i.e. puberulent) and their margins are lined with tiny bristly hairs. The leaves are very sensitive and fold up when touched (they also fold up at night).}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|axillary|Pink|4|The pink or purplish coloured flowers are arranged in small, fluffy, globular or egg-shaped (i.e. ovoid) clusters (9-15 mm across). These clusters are borne on bristly stalks (i.e. peduncles) 1-4 cm long in the forks (i.e. axils) of the upper leaves. Individual flowers have four tiny pink petals (about 2 mm long) and four minute sepals. However, the four pink stamens (8-20 mm long) are the most prominent part of the flowers and give them a fluffy appearance}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|A Pod||10-25 mm long and 3-6 mm wide|The oblong and flattened seed pods are borne in clusters at the ends of the flowering stalks. These pods each contain 1-6 seeds and their edges are covered in stiff, almost prickly, bristles. They are initially green in colour, but turn brown when mature and eventually break apart into one-seeded segments|The seeds (2.5-3 mm long) are light brown in colour, somewhat flattened, and have a finely textured surface.}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}
==How to plant/cultivate==
===Season to grow===
===Soil type===
===Propagation===
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}, {{Commonly seen|Sub tropical area}}
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Mimosa-pudica-flower.jpg|Flowers
File:Mimosa pudica kian-siau-chhau.jpg|Plant
File:Mimosa pudica 003.JPG|Flowers
File:Mimosa pudica 005.JPG|Pods
File:Mimosa pudica closed.JPG|Closed leaves
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[https://easyayurveda.com/2016/05/20/touch-me-not-plant-mimosa-pudica-lajjalu/ Uses]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://keralaplants.in/flowering-plants-kerala-dvd.aspx Botonic description]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search Vernacular names]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Mimosa+pudica]
* [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/288261991_Pharmacology_and_Traditional_Uses_of_Mimosa_pudica]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Herb]]
'''Lajjika''' is an annual to perennial, more or less prostrate creeping plant. The plant can grow up to 1 metre tall, but is more likely to be 15 - 45cm tall, the stems usually becoming woody. The plant is gathered from the wild for local medicinal use. It is cultivated as a green manure and for soil stabilization, and is sometimes also cultivated for its uses in folk medicine. Probably arose in the Neotropics, but now Pantropical.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Female reproductive disorders}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}, {{Uses|Bleeding disorders}}, {{Uses|Ulcers}}, {{Uses|Inflammation}}, {{Uses|Gastritis}}, {{Uses|Fatigue}}, {{Uses|Asthma}}, {{Uses|Skin diseases}}
<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Whole plant}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=naachike gida, naachike mullu, ganda kaali, hadergitte, lajja, lajjaavathi|ml=thendarmani, thotavadi, tindarmani|sa=ajalikalika, alambusa, anjalikaraka, khadiraka, khadirpatrika, namaskari, prasarini, raktamula, shamipatra|ta=alavananki, cuntiyilai, thottal shurungi|te=atthapatthi, lajjavanthi, manugumaramu, mudatha damara, munuguda, muttavapulagamu-chettu, nidrakanti|hi=chui mui, lajalu, lajawanti, lajjavanti, lajjavati|en=Sensitive plant}}
<ref name="Common names"/>
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
Tikta (Bitter), Kashaya (Pungent)
===Guna===
Laghu (Light), Rooksha (Dry)
===Veerya===
Sheeta (cold)
===Vipaka===
Katu (Pungent)
===Karma===
Pitta, Kapha
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Herb}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Bipinnate|alternate|Borne on stalks (i.e. petioles) 15-60 mm long. They consist of one or two pairs of branchlets (i.e. pinnae) that often have a covering of stiff, prickly, bristles. Each of these branchlets (2.5-8 cm long) bears 10-25 pairs of small dark green leaflets. The leaflets are elongated or oblong in shape (6-15 mm long and 1-3 mm wide) with entire margins. Both surfaces of the leaflets are sparsely hairy (i.e. puberulent) and their margins are lined with tiny bristly hairs. The leaves are very sensitive and fold up when touched (they also fold up at night).}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|axillary|Pink|4|The pink or purplish coloured flowers are arranged in small, fluffy, globular or egg-shaped (i.e. ovoid) clusters (9-15 mm across). These clusters are borne on bristly stalks (i.e. peduncles) 1-4 cm long in the forks (i.e. axils) of the upper leaves. Individual flowers have four tiny pink petals (about 2 mm long) and four minute sepals. However, the four pink stamens (8-20 mm long) are the most prominent part of the flowers and give them a fluffy appearance}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|A Pod||10-25 mm long and 3-6 mm wide|The oblong and flattened seed pods are borne in clusters at the ends of the flowering stalks. These pods each contain 1-6 seeds and their edges are covered in stiff, almost prickly, bristles. They are initially green in colour, but turn brown when mature and eventually break apart into one-seeded segments|The seeds (2.5-3 mm long) are light brown in colour, somewhat flattened, and have a finely textured surface.}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}
==How to plant/cultivate==
===Season to grow===
===Soil type===
===Propagation===
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}, {{Commonly seen|Sub tropical area}}
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Mimosa-pudica-flower.jpg|Flowers
File:Mimosa pudica kian-siau-chhau.jpg|Plant
File:Mimosa pudica 003.JPG|Flowers
File:Mimosa pudica 005.JPG|Pods
File:Mimosa pudica closed.JPG|Closed leaves
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[https://easyayurveda.com/2016/05/20/touch-me-not-plant-mimosa-pudica-lajjalu/ Uses]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://keralaplants.in/flowering-plants-kerala-dvd.aspx Botonic description]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search Vernacular names]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Mimosa+pudica]
* [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/288261991_Pharmacology_and_Traditional_Uses_of_Mimosa_pudica]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Herb]]
