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Why is the folding up of the leaves of a sensitive plant on touching with a finger not a tropism​

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where as Tropism is a directional movement where the direction of the movement of the plant part is towards the stimulus

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The folding of leaves of a sensitive plant is not a case of tropism (like thigmotropism) because in this case the direction of movement of leaves does not depend on the direction of stimulus (touch).

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