Sensitive plant: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Sensitive plant in English is the name of a plant defined with Mimosa balansae in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Mimosa pudica var. unijuga (Duchass. & Walp.) Griseb. (among others).
2) Sensitive plant is also identified with Mimosa pigra It has the synonym Mimosa asperata var. pigra Willd. (etc.).
3) Sensitive plant is also identified with Mimosa pudica It has the synonym Mimosa pudica var. tetrandra (Willd.) DC. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (1823)
· J. Agric. Sci. (Tokyo) (1962)
· Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d’Histoire Naturelle de Genève (1883)
· Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis (1910)
· Taxon (1989)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Sensitive plant, for example chemical composition, side effects, extract dosage, health benefits, pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
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Partial matches: Plant.
Ends with: African wild sensitive plant, American wild sensitive plant, Bastard sensitive plant, Giant false sensitive plant, Giant sensitive plant, Maryland wild sensitive plant, Woolly wild sensitive plant.
Full-text (+70): Lajjalu, Sparshalajja, Lajakarika, Khadirapatri, Anjalikarika, Mahaushadhi, Mahabhita, Varahakranta, Raktapadi, Samanga, Lajjari, Gandakari, Shamipatri, Lajalu, Alambusha, Lajanem, Khadira, Namaskara, Lajja, Lajari.
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Tirukkuṟaḷ (by Tiruvaḷḷuvar)
3.1 The Pre-marital love < [Part III - Love]
Charaka Samhita (English translation) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)
Chapter 8 - The Enema consisting of the Prasrita measure (prasritayoga-siddhi) < [Siddhisthana (Siddhi Sthana) — Section on Successful Treatment]
Chapter 4 - Six Hundred Purgative Preparations (virecana-ashraya) < [Sutrasthana (Sutra Sthana) — General Principles]
Chapter 4 - The therapeutics of Hemothermia (raktapitta-cikitsa) < [Cikitsasthana (Cikitsa Sthana) — Section on Therapeutics]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Shelley and the Vedanta < [March 1943]
The Poet as Citizen < [April – June 1992]
The First Night < [January – March, 1979]
Complete works of Swami Abhedananda (by Swami Prajnanananda)
Chapter 3 - Prana and the Self < [Discourse 2 - Self-Knowledge]
Yoga Vasistha [English], Volume 1-4 (by Vihari-Lala Mitra)
Chapter XCI - On the origin of the human body and consciousness < [Book V - Upasama khanda (upashama khanda)]
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