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

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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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  1. The folding up of leaves in a sensitive plant on touching is not a tropism because it is a non-directional movement. Tropism is a directional movement where the direction of the movement of the plant part is towards the stimulus.