Sensitive Plant

At a glance

Origin / distribution: Panama, Haiti, Venezuela, Trinidad, Guatemala, Java, Dominican Republic, South America

Cultural traditions: not documented

Recorded uses: Ache(Head), Adenopathy, Alopecia, Calmative

Science studied: ASCORBIC-ACID, ASH, CARBOHYDRATES, CROCETIN

Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗

Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.

Names and identity

Family: Fabaceae

Scientific name: Mimosa pudica

Common names: Sensitive Plant, Action Plant, Adormidera, Almindelig mimose, Balabalamatso, Chibalamatso, M'zungutsuo, M'zungu, Bluflaoa, Dikáglë, Doncella, Dormideira, Dormidera, Dormilona, Dormilones, Fatsiki ambili, Fodia rafino, Gemeine Mimose, Jabe-jabe, Jautrioji mimoza, Kaa yuj tape, Kruidje roer me niet, Kruidje-roer-me-niet, Kruidje-roer-mij-niet, Küstüm otu

History

The source record documents this plant in Panama, Elsewhere, Haiti, Venezuela, Trinidad, Guatemala, Java, Dominican Republic and 2 additional places.

It records these historical or traditional applications:

• Ache(Head)
• Adenopathy
• Alopecia
• Calmative
• Diarrhea
• Dysentery
• Emetic
• Glands

This summary is limited to the cited source record.

Origins and distribution

• Panama
• Elsewhere
• Haiti
• Venezuela
• Trinidad
• Guatemala
• Java
• Dominican Republic
• South America
• West Indies

Documented cultural uses

• Ache(Head)
• Adenopathy
• Alopecia
• Calmative
• Diarrhea
• Dysentery
• Emetic
• Glands
• Gravel
• Heat
• Hoarseness
• Insomnia

Contemporary uses

Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.

Scientific research

Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.

Indexed research records

• Ethnobotanical Nomenclature as Ecological Social Signs: Naming Mimosa pudica in Ruhaya, Rushubi and Ndali Speech Communities · 2026 source ↗
• Can Mimosa pudica Plants Enumerate Light Exposure Events? · 2025 source ↗
• Hypolipidemic Mechanisms of Mimosa pudica: Network Pharmacology, Molecular Docking, Molecular Dynamics (MD) Simulation, Density Functional Theory (DFT), and In Vitro Validation · 2026 source ↗

Scientific compounds

Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.

• ASCORBIC-ACID
• ASH
• CARBOHYDRATES
• CROCETIN
• FAT
• D-GLUCURONIC-ACID
• LINOLEIC-ACID
• LINOLENIC-ACID
• MIMOSINE
• NOREPINEPHRINE
• OLEIC-ACID
• POTASSIUM
• RIBOFLAVIN
• SITOSTEROL
• STEARIC-ACID
• THIAMIN

Legality

Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.

Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.

Reference images

Sources

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0

CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive

Contributions and revisions

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