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Sleeping Grass

Mimosa Pudica

Photo by KhairinSaili
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Hoya-hoya, Sleeping Grass

Mimosa pudica

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it would be nice if you added a video of it bending
In Jamaica they call this shame maka for the way it bows its head when touched
Bashful Mimosa or Mimosa Pudica, also known in Tagalog as Makahiya
Common names: Sleeping Grass, Shrinking Violet or (locally in Negros Island, Philippines) Hoya-hoya
Common nmes: Sleeping Grass, Shrinking Violet or (locally in Negros Island, Philippines) Hoya-hoya
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PublishedSeptember 23, 2011

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