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What does a Mimosa pudica plant do in response to touch? What is this phenomenon known as?

When we touch the leaves of Mimosa pudica (also known as touch-me not or chui-mui plant), they get folded up. This phenomenon of folding up of leaves is known as thigmonasty.


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