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What happens when a mimosa pudica plant is touched?.

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due to a change in turgor pressure of its cells. ... If the plant experiences a touch, the extensor cells flex while the flexor cells stretch and create the movement. This bending occurs due to a change in the turgor pressure of the extensor cells
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