Lajjabati Sensitive Shameplant Chui Mui Plant (1.5-3 Feet Height)

Lajjabati Sensitive Shameplant (Mimosa pudica), known as Touch-me-not or Chui Mui, features bipinnate compound leaves that rapidly fold inward and droop via thigmonastic movement when touched, heated, or shaken, reopening after minutes as a defense mechanism against herbivores. This creeping perennial subshrub grows 0.3-1.5m tall with prickly reddish-brown stems, pink fluffy globular flower heads, and spiny seed pods, native to tropical Americas but widespread in Indian gardens for curiosity value and medicinal uses. The 1.5–3 feet plant thrives in moist well-drained soils across warm climates, self-seeding aggressively while offering antibacterial, anti-inflammatory roots and leaves for wound healing and urinary issues.​

WHAT YOU GET

• 1 live Lajjabati Sensitive Shameplant

• Height at dispatch: approximately 1.5–3 feet

• Authentic sensitive variety for interactive folding leaves, pink blooms, and medicinal value

• Perfect for pots, curiosity gardens, or educational planters

KEY FEATURES 🌟

• 🌿 Prostrate prickly herb with 10-20 pairs linear-oblong leaflets per pinna sensitive to touch via pulvini swelling, bearing pink-purple pom-pom flowers and bristly loments rich in mimosine, flavonoids, tannins supporting anticonvulsant, antidepressant, antivenom, and diuretic effects​

• 🌸 Nyctinastic sleep movement closes nightly; rapid seismonasty defends from threats​

• 💪 Warmth-loving (20-35°C); nitrogen-fixing invasive potential​

• 🌦 Year-round bloomer tropics; attracts pollinators​

• 🌱 Self-seeds prolifically; roots treat snakebites, piles​

PLANTING & CARE 🌱

• 🌤 Light: Bright sun/partial shade for vigorous folding​

• 🪴 Soil: Moist well-drained loamy pH 5.5-7; tolerates poor​

• 💧 Watering: Keep evenly moist; drought droops dramatically​

• 🌿 Mulching: Organic retains humidity

• ✂️ Pruning: Pinch tips bushiness; remove invasives​

• 🧴 Fertilizing: Low nitrogen; compost spring​

BENEFITS & USES 🍽️

• 🌿 Educational toy plant kids; aquarium oxygenator​

• 💪 Wound poultice, UTI remedy, antifertility; aphrodisiac folklore​

• 🌳 Groundcover, erosion control; curiosity borders

• 🎁 Interactive gift children/science lovers

• 🐝 Pollinator friendly; traditional snakebite cure​

DISCLAIMER ⚠️

• Invasive self-seeder; contain pots​

• Prickles irritate; mimosine toxic excess livestock​

• Frost kills; overwater root rot