Lajjalu (Sanskrit )-Sensitive Plant (Mimosa Pudica)
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Lajjalu (Sanskrit )-Sensitive Plant (Mimosa Pudica)
Botanical Description of Mimosa pudica
BOTONICAL NAME : Mimosa pudica
FAMILY: Leguminosae
STRUCTURE: Thorny Shrub, grows upto
2-4 ft
Stems:- reddish-brown, prickly
Leaves:- immediately folding by
pulvini if touched or jarred; pinnae 4, often reddish; leaflets
12-25 pairs, linear, acute, bristly; 9-12 mm long, 1.5 mm wide;
Flowers:- Pink attractive spherical
flowers(1 cm in diameter) which exhibit radial symmetry. Typical
flowering head with stamens dominating as the attractive
component of the flowers. Flowers are auxiliary and have
peduncle up to 2.5 cm long Blossoms in rainy season
Pods:-Crowded, flat,
prickly-bristly, indented between the few (2-4) seeds, to nearly
2 cm long.
HABITAT: Common in rather moist
waste ground. First described in Brazil. Now wide spread in
globe as tropical weed
PHARMACOLOGY:
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
Ayurvedic Description of lajjalu or Mimosa Pudika (sensitive plant)
SANSKRIT NAME : Lajjalu (shy
natured), Namaskaari (leaves fold in 'Namaste' posture)
LOCAL NAMES(in India) :Lajjalu,
Namaskaar, shamipatra ,Khadiraka, samangaa, Raktapaadi
(Sanskrit),lajaalu, lajouni ,lajjavanthi, chuimui (Hindi),
Laajak,Lajjavathi(Bengali), Attaapatti (Telugu), tottalavaadi
(Tamil), Laajaalu,Laajari (Marathi), Reesamani (Gujarati),
Muttidare muni(kannada)
PROPERTIES
(ayurvedic)
Guna :- Laghu, Ruksha
Rasa :- tiktha,kashaya
Veerya :-Sheetha
Vipaka :- katu
KARMA (Action) :
Rakta Sthambhana (Enhances
blood
clotting),
Kapha pittah shamaka
Vrana ropana (heals wounds),
Vrishya
(aphrodisiac),
Pramehaghna (reduces the frequency of micturition),
Also read medicinal properties of Lajjalu
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