The movements shown by the leaves of ‘touch me not’ plant on touching are different from the movement shown by seedling. Elaborate.

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Abhishek Mishra

2 years ago

The opening and closing of the leaves of the ‘touch me not plant’ is a result of water change in amount of water in the plant cells, which is not dependent on growth. But, the movement of the seedling is a growth-dependent movement because it will not show any movement if it is prevented from growth.

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