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Mimosa pudica

Mimosa pudica L.  [Unverified Identification]


Family Fabaceae
Local Name Makahiya
Habit Herb
Habitat Terrestrial
Special Notes leaves very sensitive, stem is sparingly prickly and with many deflexed bristly hairs
Ethnobotanical Uses OTHERS: used as goat food;
Collected from San Pascual, Tuba, Benguet, Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR).
Collector(s) Hydee Falolo Tad-awan

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