| Giant Sensitive Plant |
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| Original date | 7/10/16 6:38 AM |
| Resolution | 1024 x 768 |
| Flash | Flash fired |
| Focal length | 37.7mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 8.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ150 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Mimosa diplotricha Family: Mimosaceae (Touch-me-not family)
Synonyms: Mimosa invisa, Mimosa longisiliqua, Morongia pilosa
Synonyms: Mimosa invisa, Mimosa longisiliqua, Morongia pilosa
Giant Sensitive Plant is a rambling shrub, with stem
velvet-hairy, prickles short, in 4-rows. Leaves are up to 10 cm long;
sidestalks opposite, up to 5 cm long; leaflets up to 35 pairs, up to 5
x 1 mm, oblong, flat at base, hairless; axis prickled. Flower-head are
up to 1.5 cm across, in branch-end racemes, stalked. Florets are many,
3 mm long, pink; stamens 10, filaments 6 mm long. Pods 2-5 cm long,
bristly, black when mature. Giant Sensitive Plant is native to Tropical
America, a weed in India. Flowering: November-March
| Identification credit: P.S. Sivaprasad | Photographed in Pachamalai, Tamil Nadu. |
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