the plants name is called “makahiya” and hiya in tagalog means “shy”.
whenever you touch the plants leaves, they immediately fold up together looking as if its really shy hence the name.
in bengali they’re called lojjaboti, and lojja means shy!
in Vietnamese they are called thảo mộc nhút nhát, and nhút nhát means shy. Asians are sensible like that!
(Source: jaidefinichon)











