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Impatiens leschenaultii
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Family:
BALSAMINACEAE
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Citation: Impatiens leschenaultii (DC.) Wall. ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. 136. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 450. 1874; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 141(101). 1915; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 40. 1988; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 117. 1997; Vivek. et al. in Hajra et al., Fl. India 4: 173. 1997; N.C. Rathakr. et al. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 547. 2005.
Balsamina leschenaultii DC., Prodr. 1: 586. 1824.
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Description:
Undershrub, 1-1.5 m high. Leaves opposite, alternate or whorled, ovate-lanceolate or elliptic, crenate at margin sometimes ciliate in sinuses, acute or acuminate at apex, 2.5-12.5 x 1.2-4 cm; nerves 4-6 pairs; petioles to 5 cm long, glandular in upper half. Pedicels to 4 cm long. Flowers solitary, 2-nate or in fascicles, white with yellow tinge. Lateral sepals ovate-lanceolate, ca 3 mm long. Lip cymbiform, 5-7 mm long, yellow; spur incurved, slender, 1-2.2 cm long. Standard suborbicular, spurred on dorsal side. Wings 2-lobed; basal lobe smaller. Capsules ellipsoid, beaked, ca 1.2 cm long, 3-5 seeded; seeds obovoid, ca 3 mm long, rugose or papillose, dark purplish brown.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-December
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District(s):
Malappuram, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Shola forests and grasslands
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Distribution:
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):
White, Yellow
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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:
Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
900-2400
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Localities:
Sispara, Agastyarkudam, Kunda hills
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