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Mimosa (lat. Mimosa) - a flowering plant belonging to the Legumes family.
Description
Mimosa is a grasses, shrubs or medium-sized trees equipped with bipinnate leaves. True, sometimes their height can reach twenty meters, however, on the territory of Russia, the height of mimosa practically never exceeds four meters. Even a slight touch to its light yellow fragile leaves makes a beautiful plant immediately fold them!
Currently, there are about half a thousand varieties of mimosa in the world. And the most common variety is bashful mimosa, which is a herbaceous plant, the height of which can vary from thirty to sixty centimeters. Its bipinnate leaves are considered the most sensitive of all mimosas, and its straight shoots are covered with small thorns and pubescent. And the flowers collected in capitate brushes boast a surprisingly pleasant pinkish-purple color. Bashful mimosa blooms, as a rule, from June to August, and it is grown indoors mainly as an annual.
Where grows
Most often, mimosa can be seen in South America. It is quite often found in Brazil or Australia.
Application
Almost everyone is well acquainted with mimosa as an ornamental plant, but, alas, few know about its healing properties. But she will become an excellent assistant for toothache (roots are used for this purpose), cuts, high fever, dysentery, severe hemorrhoidal bleeding, sore throat, snake bites (an excellent antidote), restoring the proper functioning of body tissues and introducing infections into cracks, sores and wounds. In this case, both roots and leaves, and gum with bark can act as medicinal raw materials.
Mimosa boasts excellent astringent, healing and antiseptic properties. And in medicine, it is actively used for the speedy regeneration of the skin. If you add a solution of the gum of this plant to the enema, then it will certainly help alleviate the condition with gastrointestinal ulcers and intestinal inflammation - this is an excellent enveloping substance.
Mimosa is also used in cosmetology. An excellent essential oil is obtained from it, widely used in the manufacture of high-quality perfumes. In addition, mimosa contains collagen, while the products with its addition can be used by girls and women of absolutely any age.
Growing and caring
Mimosa is very partial to bright sunlight and grows excellently in the direct rays of this heavenly body. If mimosa is grown in a pot at home, then it is better to immediately place it on the southern window, however, at noon it will be important to provide it with a little shading. This plant will feel no worse on the eastern or western windows. But after cloudy days, mimosa must be re-accustomed to the sun, and this should be done gradually so that the beautiful plant does not get sunburn. In this case, the most optimal temperature range for mimosa will be in the range from twenty-three to twenty-five degrees. As for its reproduction, it occurs mainly by seeds and does not cause any difficulties even for novice florists.
It is important to water mimosa regularly - if you do not do this, it can easily shed the leaves. However, excessive waterlogging should also not be allowed, otherwise the leaves will turn yellow or stop opening in the daytime.
And one more important nuance - mimosa is intolerant of polluted air, so it is better not to place it in those rooms where people smoke. And the main pests of these beautiful flowers are spider mites and aphids.
