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Impatiens stocksii
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Family:
BALSAMINACEAE
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Citation: Impatiens stocksii Hook.f. & Thoms., J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 4: 119. 1860; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 442. 1874; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1879 (1294). 1936; Jyosna & Janarthanam, Rheedea 21: 37. 2011.
Impatiens crenata sensu Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 78. 1988; N.C. Rathakr. et al. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 537. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 183. 2009, non Bedd. 1859.
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Description:
Slender herbs, to 15 cm high. Leaves simple, radical, 1.5-4.8 x 1.3-1.5 cm , variable, orbicular-reniform, cordate or oblong-ovate, crenate at margin, pubescent above, glabrous beneath; nerves flabellate. Scapes to 10 cm long; bracts ovate, small; pedicels stout, ca 1 cm long. Flowers 3-6 in a raceme, ca. 2 cm across, pink. Lateral sepals ovate, obtuse. Lip cymbiform; spur short or absent. Standard somewhat rhomboid, cucullate, crenate as broad as long or broader; wings 3-lobed; distal lobe longer. Capsules ellipsoid, acute; seeds linear-oblong, minute.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-November
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District(s):
Kannur, Wayanad, Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Epiphyte in evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Western Ghats
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
Yes
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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):
Pink
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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:
1350-2300
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Localities:
Teerthundamala, Meenmutty
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