Mimosa pudica, Thottavadi, Touch me not, തൊട്ടാവാടി

Family: Fabaceae
Vernacular names: Thottavadi, തൊട്ടാവാടി (Malayalam), Touch me not (English), Lajjalu (Sanskrit), Chui-muli (Hindi), Thotalvadi (Tamil)
Distribution: Native of South America; now Pantropical
Description: Herbs. Leaves alternate, to 12 cm long; rachis tomentose. Flowers pink. Lomentum flat, margin with recurved prickles; seeds 3-5, sub rhombic.
Habit: Herb
Habitat: Weed in the plains
Flowering & Fruiting: July-January

Parts used: Whole plant
Properties & Uses: Antiseptic, cooling and alternative. Decoction of the root is used for treating biliousness, leprosy, skin diseases, wounds, diarrhea, dysentery, vaginal and uterine ailments, inflammations and asthma. Paste of leaves is applied to relieve glandular swellings. The leaf juice is used in dressing sores, fistula and hemorrhoids.
Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk, Unani, Tibetan.
Traditional Uses:The leaves paste applied on the affected areas to relieve swellings and inflammations.
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