Makahiya

Mimosa pudica (also called sensitive plant, sleepy grass, sleepy plant, action plant, humble plant, touch-me-not, touch-and-die, shame plant or shy plant) is a creeping annual or perennial flowering plant of the pea/legume family Fabaceae. It is often grown for its curiosity value: the sensitive compound leaves quickly fold inward and droop when touched or shaken and re-open a few minutes later. For this reason, this species is commonly cited as an example of rapid plant movement. Like a number of other plant species, it undergoes changes in leaf orientation termed "sleep" or nyctinastic movement.

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Sa Tagalog

Ang makahiya, damuhiya, o damohia (Ingles: mimosa plant) ay isang uri ng halamang may maraming mga ulo ng kulay-rosas na bulaklak. Mahiyain o maramdamin ang mga sensitibong dahon nito, na bumbaluktot, yumuyuko at kumukuyom kapag hinihipo. Mimosa pudica (Linnaeus) ang pangalang pang-agham nito. Kilala rin bilang Mimosa asperata (Blanco).Nakikita ang damong ito karaniwan sa bukid.

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Recorded in the Philippines

GBIF holds 804 records of this plant from the Philippines. The ones with map coordinates fall in 69 provinces, most often Davao del Norte (61), Zamboanga del Norte (46), Davao del Sur (44), Rizal (39), Bukidnon (34), Iloilo (33), Laguna (29), Negros Occidental (27), and 61 more.

Counts from GBIF occurrence records, October 2026. They include planted trees and garden plants, and a province with no records may only lack collectors.