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Impatiens platyadena
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Family:
BALSAMINACEAE
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Citation: Impatiens platyadena C.E.C. Fisch., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1934: 393. 1934; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1871(1295). 1936; Vivek. et al. in Hajra et al., Fl. India 4: 193. 1997; N.C. Rathakr. et al. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 555. 2005.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Thottachinungi
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Tamil name(s):
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Description:
Undershrub to 1 m high; stems angled. Leaves alternate, elliptic-lanceolate, crenate-serrate with apiculate crenatures at margin, acuminate at apex, 8-17 x 3.5-7.2 cm, decurrent into petiole with decurrent part with 4-8 marginal flat white glands; nerves impressed above, slightly prominent beneath. Racemes axillary; peduncles patent or slightly drooping, slender, 2.5-4.5 cm long; bracts ovate, 8-15 mm long, persistent. Flowers ca 1.5 cm long. Lateral sepals suborbicular, ca 6 mm across, cream-coloured. Lip funnel shaped, ca 1.2 cm long, pinkish; spur tubular, upcurved into a semicircle, cream coloured. Standard ovate, 7-8 mm long. Wings 1.5-1.6 cm long, 2-lobed; basal lobe ovate-triangled, acute or obtuse; distal lobe semiovate, subacute, 1-1.2 cm long, scarlet. Capsules ovoid, acute, ca 6 mm long, accrescent; seeds pyriform, 1.5-2 mm long, minutely papillose and mottled brown.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-November
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Shola forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats (Kerala)
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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):
Creamy
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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:
Kerala
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IUCN status:
Critically Endangered (CR)
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Altitude:
-2000
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Localities:
Nemakad
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