Mimosa pudica sensitive plant is grown as a annual in USDA Zones 3 - 10. This very unique flower plant may scare you when you touch it! It has movements called seismonastic movements which react to touch. This plant is cultivated as a vegetable in southeast Asia (leaves and shoots have cabbage-like flavor). Young ends of stems and pods are edible and usually eaten raw as a vegetable in Thailand and Cambodia and cultivated much like rice. The young leaves, shoot tips and young pods are usually eaten raw or in stir-fries and curries such as kaeng som.