TROPICAL PLANT ENCYCLOPEDIA

Biophytum sensitivum, Oxalis sensitiva

Biophytum, Life Plant
Family: Oxalidaceae
Origin: Southeastern Asia
Small plant 2-5 ft

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Biophytum sensitivum is an unbranched herb with stems up to 30 centimeters in height but usually shorter. Leaves are pinnately compound, numerous, crowded at the apex of the stem, and 5 to 12 centimeters long, with 8 to 14 pairs of leaflets. Biophytum sensitivum is sensitive to touch like that of Mimosa pudica.

Similar plants:

Oxalis sp. (Shamrock, Wood Sorrel)
Oxalis triangularis, Oxalis regnellii (Purple Shamrock, Love Plant )

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