What is the difference between Mimosa pudica and Mimosa bimucronata?
Mimosa pudica reacts faster than Mimosa bimucronata. Moreover, Mimosa pudica blooms from March to October and fruits from May to November; Mimosa bimucronata blooms and fruits from March to September.
I. Basic introduction to Mimosa pudica
1. Distribution
Native to tropical America, now widely distributed in tropical regions of the world. Found in Taiwan, China, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and other places in China. It grows in open wasteland and thickets, and is often cultivated along the Yangtze River basin for ornamental purposes. Mimosa pudica prefers a warm, humid environment with plenty of sunlight, and is suitable for well-drained sandy loam rich in organic matter; the plant is robust, grows quickly, and has strong adaptability.
2. Flower language
Shyness, sensitivity, politeness.
3. Value
The whole plant of Mimosa pudica (Mimosa pudica): sweet, astringent, cool. It calms the heart and soothes the mind, clears heat and detoxifies. Used for vomiting and diarrhea, insomnia, malnutrition in children, red swollen and painful eyes, deep abscesses, and shingles. Root (Mimosa pudica root): astringent, slightly bitter. Toxic. It relieves cough and resolves phlegm, drains dampness and unblocks collaterals, harmonizes the stomach, and reduces food stagnation. Used for cough with phlegm and wheezing, rheumatic joint pain, and indigestion in children.
II. Basic introduction to Mimosa bimucronata
1. Distribution
Found in Guangdong. Native to Brazil.
2. Value
It mainly harms cotton, beans, melons, potatoes, vegetables and various other dryland crops. This plant can accumulate nitrate, and livestock will suffer poisoning after eating too much of it. Amaranthus retroflexus can hybridize with various other Amaranthus species from the Americas, such as Amaranthus hybridus, Amaranthus powellii, Amaranthus caudatus and Amaranthus spinosus. In addition, Amaranthus retroflexus is also a field host for green peach aphid, cucumber mosaic virus, black cutworm, tarnished plant bug, and European corn borer, among others.