Form: Mimosa also known as "Mimosa", "induction grass", is a perennial herb, but more for annual cultivation.It is about 30 to 60 centimeters tall, with feathery leaves that close when stimulated.Mimosa also blooms, with reddish flowers and four-lobed petals in heads, from July to October.
Growth environment: Mimosa pudica has strong adaptability, and its original growth environment is relatively harsh, so its vitality is relatively strong.It likes warm and moist, suitable for breeding in moist and fertile soil.In addition, Mimosa is light-loving and cold-resistant, and the breeding environment needs sufficient sunshine and suitable temperature.But it can also tolerate half shade, and is now often raised as a family ornamental plant.
Distribution: Mimosa is produced in the tropical areas of South America. It has strong adaptability to the environment and high survival rate. Therefore, it is also cultivated in many places in China, and is commonly found in the southwest and southern China.
Watch: Mimosa leaves slender and beautiful, a stimulus will have a response to the automatic closure, it seems very cute shy.Its flowers are relatively small, the color is tranquil, the plant type is beautiful, often gives a person a kind of weak and delicate feeling.Therefore, it is often kept in the courtyard as an ornamental plant.
Medicinal use: Mimosa pudica is also a kind of medicine. Although it has microtoxin, it has higher medicinal value. Therefore, it must be taken according to the doctor's advice.It has the effects of tranquilizing, detoxifying, removing blood stasis, hemostasis and diuresis, and can be used for treating neurasthenia, hemoptysis and traumatic injury.
Predicting weather and earthquakes: People can tell the weather by looking at the leaves of a mimosa plant.After touching its leaves, if it opens quickly after closing, it may rain, if it opens slowly after closing, the weather will be sunny.Normally, its leaves open during the day and close at night, and if the closure of the leaves is suddenly reversed or even quickly shrunk, there may be an earthquake soon.
