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Impatiens cuspidata
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Family:
BALSAMINACEAE
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Citation: Impatiens cuspidata Wight & Arn., Comp. Bot. Mag. 1: 321. 1835; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 142(101). 1915; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 92. 1989; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 98. 1994; Vivek. et al. in Hajra et al., Fl. India 4: 137. 1997; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 42. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 46. 1998; N.C. Rathakr. et al. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 537. 2005.
Impatiens latifolia sensu Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 450. 1874,p.p. non L. 1753.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Thottachinungi
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Shrubs, 60-150 cm high; stems branching, reddish, glabrous. Leaves alternate and opposite, crowding towards the apex of branches, 8-10 x 3 cm, elliptic, acute at both ends, crenate-serrate, glabrous; petiole 3-6 cm long, glandular. Flowers 2.5 cm across, axillary, 2-5-together, pedicels 4-8 cm long; lip funnel-shaped, cuspidate; spur 2.5 cm long, glabrous; sepals 5 mm long, linear; standard 10 x 17 mm, orbicular, bilobed above, strongly cuspidate; cusp 6 mm long, curved; wings 14 mm long, 2-lobed, lobes unequal, obtuse, rose. Capsule 25 x 9 mm, ellipsoid, acute, glabrous; seeds 6-9, 4.5 x 3 mm, rugose, hairy, dark-brown.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-December
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests, often along roadsides
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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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):
Pink, White
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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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
1500-2000
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Localities:
Sunderamala, Munnar
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