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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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hg_williams3
it would be nice if you added a video of it bending
hg_williams3
In Jamaica they call this shame maka for the way it bows its head when touched
ajie.nolasco
Bashful Mimosa or Mimosa Pudica, also known in Tagalog as Makahiya
mcdelapaz
Common names: Sleeping Grass, Shrinking Violet or (locally in Negros Island, Philippines) Hoya-hoya
mcdelapaz
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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