Details of Plants:Mimosa pudica

Plant details

Family: Fabaceae
Phytochemicals

Amino Acid
Coumarin
Flavonoids
Glycosides
Mimosine
Phenols
Phytosterol
Quinines
Saponin
Tannins
NE-statewise availability

Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Mizoram
Sikkim
Tripura
Vernacular Name

Tripura: lazzabati
Sikkim: Lajjawanti
Mizoram: Hlonuar
Arunachal Pradesh: Reseh
Assam: Klim-tchakaw
Ailments cured

Asthma
Cough
Dysentery
Fever
Fistula
kidney disorder
Piles
Toothache
Plant parts used and methods

Leaves: Extract taken orally
Root: Decoction taken orally
Plant References

Tangjanga. S; et al. An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants in the Eastern Himalayan zone of Arunachal Pradesh; India; Journal of Ethnopharmacology 134; 18–25; 2011.

Sajem. A. L; Gosai. K; Traditional use of medicinal plants by the Jaintia tribes in North Cachar Hills district of Assam, northeast India, Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2:33, 2006.

Rai. P. K; Lalramnghinglova. H; Lesser known ethnomedicinal plants of Mizoram, North East India: An Indo-Burma hotspot region, Journal of Medicinal Plants Research Vol. 4(13), 1301-1307, 2010

Debbarma. M; et al.Traditional Knowledge Of Medicinal Plants In Tribes Of Tripura In Northeast, India, Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med., 14 (4): 156-168, 2017.

Das. T; et al. Ethnobotanical Survey of Medicinal Plants Used by Ethnic and Rural People in Eastern Sikkim Himalayan Region, African Journal of Basic & Applied Sciences 4 (1): 16-20, 2012.

Phytochemical References

Perme, N; et al., Medicinal plants in traditional use at Arunachal Pradesh, India. International Journal of Phytopharmacy 5.5: 86-98, 2015.