Non scientific name details for shame weed - Medicinal Plant Names Services

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Non-scientific name:

shame weed

1 Accepted name(s) for "shame weed":

Accepted name
Mimosa pudica L.

3 Medicinal source(s) include this non-scientific name:

Medicinal sources:	Scientific names as used in medicinal source:	MPNS matched scientific names:	Accepted name:	Trade forms:	Plant parts:
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)	Mimosa pudica L.	Mimosa pudica L.	Mimosa pudica L.
Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)	Mimosa pudica L.	Mimosa pudica L.	Mimosa pudica L.
Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)	Mimosa pudica L.	Mimosa pudica L.	Mimosa pudica L.		Whole plant, leaf, root

17 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "shame weed":

Non-scientific names:	Class of name:	Medicinal sources:
hta-muck	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
lajjalu	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mimosa	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
mimosa pudica	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
nam ya-hai- awn	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
sensitive grass	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sensitive plant	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sensitive-plant	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
shama macka	Other	Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)
shame bush	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
shame face	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
shame lady	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
shame mi lady	Other	Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)
shame plant	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
shame-mi-macka	Other	Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)
shameplant	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
touch-me-not	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)