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Impatiens pendula
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Family:
BALSAMINACEAE
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Citation: Impatiens pendula Heyne ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. 136. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 455. 1874; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 142(101). 1915; Vivek. et al. in Hajra et al., Fl. India 4: 193. 1997.
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Description:
Erect flaccid herbs, 10-15 cm high; branches with a line of pubescence. Leaves alternate, 6-12 mm long, ovate, elliptic-ovate or subcordate at base, acute at apex, serrate, sparsely hairy above, glabrous below; petioles short. Flowers axillary, solitary, ca 6 mm across; pedicels longer than petioles, puberulous, deflexed in fruits. Lip concave; spur absent. Standard spurred on dorsdal side. Capsules ellipsoid, 3 mm long, beaked, glabrous; few-seeded.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-October
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
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):
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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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