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Impatiens coelotropis
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Family:
BALSAMINACEAE
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Citation: Impatiens coelotropis C.E.C. Fisch., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1934: 390. 1934 & Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1871(1295). 1936; Vivek. et al. in Hajra et al., Fl. India 4: 134. 1997; N.C. Rathakr. et al. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 536. 2005.
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Description:
Undershrub, ca 1 m high; branches slender. Leaves alternate, succulent, ovate-lanceolate, cuneate, acute or rounded at base, distantly serrate at margin, acute or short-acuminate at apex, 5-12 x 2.5-5.5 cm. Flowers axillary, solitary or 2-nate, ca 2.7 cm across, scarlet; peduncles 1-3 cm long. Lateral sepals ovate-lanceolate, cucullate, keeled. Lip saccate, ca 1 cm across, bright green; spur tubular, upcurved and appressed to lip, 6-10 mm long. Standard suborbicular, cucullate with a hollow keel. Wings 2-lobed; basal lobe semiovate, larger than oblong-falcate distal one. Capsules ellipsoid-fusiform, ca 1.5 cm long; seeds to 15, more or less reniform, compressed, papillose, pale brown.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-November
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District(s):
Idukki, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Shola forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats (Kerala)
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Orange, Red
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
Kerala
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IUCN status:
Vulnerable (VU)
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Altitude:
2100-2500
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