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Impatiens latifolia
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Family:
BALSAMINACEAE
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Citation: Impatiens latifolia L., Sp. Pl. 937. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 450. 1874; Vivek. et al. in Hajra et al., Fl. India 4: 169. 1997; N.C. Rathakr. et al. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 546. 2005; Jyosna & Janarthanam, Rheedea 21: 66. 2011.
Impatiens bababudenensis Hook.f., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1910: 295. 1910.
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Description:
Erect, fleshy shrub, 20-50 cm high; stems branched. Leaves alternate, subopposite or whorled, often crowded at ends of branches, ovate-lanceolate, crenate-serrate at margin, acuminate or caudate-acuminate at apex, 5-11 x 2-3.5 cm, membranous, glandular at lower margin; nerves 7-10 pairs; petioles 2-5 cm long, glandular. Pedicels slender, 2-6 cm long, often recurved in fruit. Flowers solitary, 2-nate or in fascicles, purple or red. Lateral sepals ovate, cuspidate, small or minute. Lip cymbiform, cucullate, acuminate; spur straight or incurved, slender, 1.2-1.8 cm long, white. Standard larger than wings, 2-lobed, spurred on dorsal side. Wings 2-lobed; basal lobe smaller. Capsules ellipsoid, 1.8-2.4 cm long; seeds obovoid, rugose or papillose.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-November
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District(s):
Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikkode
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Shola forests
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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):
Purple, 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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
Nov-00
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Localities:
Ponmudi, Boneccord
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