Lajwanti Churna/ Lajwanti Powder / लाजवंती पाउडर / Sensitive Plant / Mimosa pudica

Lajwanti Churna/ Lajwanti Powder / लाजवंती पाउडर / Sensitive Plant / Mimosa pudica

English : Touch-me-not, Hindi :Chhuimui, Lajauni, Lajwanti, Sanskrit :Samanga, Varakranta, Namaskari, Urdu :Chhuimui, Punjabi :Lajan, Assamese :Lajubilata, Adamalati, Bengali :Lajaka, Lajjavanti, Gujrati :Risamani, Lajavanti, Lajamani, Kannada :Muttidasenui,, Machikegida, Lajjavati, Malayalam :ThottaVati, Marathi :Lajalu, Oriya :Lajakuri, Tamil :Thottavadi, Tottalchurungi, Telugu :Mudugudamara. Part Used Whole Plant.

Assamese: nilajban • Bengali: laajak, lajjabati, lajjavathi • Danish: almindelig mimose • Dutch: kruidje-roer-me-niet • English: humble plant, sensitive plant (Australia), shame plant, sleeping grass, prayer plant, touch-me-not • Finnish: tuntokasvi • French: mimeuse commune, mimeuse pudique, sensitive • German: gemeine mimose, sinnpflanze • Gujarati: reesamani • Hawaii: hila hila • Hindi: छुई-मुई chui-mui, लाजवंती lajwanti, lajouni • Italian: sensitiva • Kannada: muttidare muni • Malayalam: tintarmani • Manipuri: ikaithabi, kangphal • Marathi: लाजाळू laajaalu, laajari • Philippines: makahiya • Sanskrit: khadiraka, lajjalu, namaskaar, namaskaari, raktapaadi, samangaa, shamipatra • Sinhalese: nidikumba • Spanish: dormidera, sensitiva, vergonzosa • Suriname: sien-sien • Swedish: sensitiva • Tamil: தொட்டாச்சுருங்கி thottaccurungi, tottalavaadi • Telugu: attaapatti • Tonga: mate-loi • West Indies: mori vivi

Trade name: TickleMe Plant (TM)

Lajalu (Marathi: लाजाळू) has been identified in ayurveda as Mimosa pudica, which folds itself when touched and spreads its leaves once again after a while.