What is nyctinasty?
Nyctinasty refers tothe nastic movement of leaves or petals of higher plants in response to darkness(or the alternation of day and night). The closing of a flower at dusk, for instance, is a biological rhythmic event. It is a biological rhythm since this behavior recurs in each circadian day.
Nyctinasty movement is the rhythmic nastic movement of plant in response to the onset of darkness. It is also called as sleep movement. Drooping of legume leaves in dark is due to nyctinasty. Mimosa...