含羞草(Mimosa pudica L.)一向以对震击的异常敏感以及能将刺激迅速的传递著称。含羞草从18世纪尾由它的原产地南美洲介绍到旧大陆以后,一直就被植物学者们所注意,而认为是研究高等植物对刺激的感受、传递与反应的绝好材料。经过一百多年来许多人的研究,关于含羞草对刺激的感受与传递,大致可说有两派不同的意见:一派是印度植物生理学家 Mimosa pudica L. has always been known for its exceptional sensitivity to shocks and its ability to deliver rapid stimuli. Mimosa was introduced to the Old World by its origin in South America at the end of the 18th century and has long been recognized by botanists as an excellent material for studying the feelings, transmission and response of higher plants to stimuli. After more than one hundred years of many people’s research, mimosa on the stimulation of feelings and transmission, broadly speaking there are two different views: one is the Indian plant physiologist