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Impatiens munronii
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Family:
BALSAMINACEAE
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Citation: Impatiens munronii Wight, Illustr. 1: 160. 1840 & Ic. t. 1049. 1846; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 456. 1874; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 143(102). 1915; Biju in Manoharan et al., Silent Valley-Whispers Reason 151. 1999; Vivek. et al. in Hajra et al., Fl. India 4: 183. 1997.
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Tamil name(s):
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Description:
Undershrubs, up to 60 cm high, softly hairy; stems branched, woody, nodose, almost woolly. Leaves alternate, towards ends of branches, 3-8 x 1.5-3 cm, elliptic, acuminate, serrulate, membranous, hairy on both sides, glandular along margins; petioles 1.5-5 cm long, hairy. Flowers axillary, solitary, white or red; pedicels 1.5-3 cm long, slender, hairy. Lateral sepals ovate, as large as wings, hirsute. Lip with spur trumpet-shaped, ca short, bipartite to middle. Capsules hairy; seeds glabrous.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-February
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District(s):
Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
India
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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):
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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
1500-2000
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Localities:
Sispara
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