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Why does a Mimosa Pudica plant respond to touch very quickly?

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Dear Mir,

The following should be helpful. It involves changes of turgor pressure within the plant.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensitive_plant
http://plantsinmotion.bio.indiana.edu/plantmotion/movements/nastic/mimosa/mimosa.html
http://www-saps.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/records/rec117.htm

Anthony Brach Ph.D.


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