• Family : BALSAMINACEAE
  (Balsam Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : GUL-MEHNDI FAMILY (गुलमेंहदी फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : BALSAMINACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Impatiens balsamina var. Corymbosa Santapa
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Impatiens balsamina L.
• Common name : Garden Balsam, Blackberry Trifle, Balsam plant, Balsam weed, Jewel weed
• Vernacular name : Gul mandi (Hindi); Gourihoo, Karna kundala (Kannada); Haragaura (Oria); Tairinee (Sanskrit); Terada (Marathi); Mechingam, Thottachinungi (Malayalam)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Grasslands and plateaus
• Flower, Fruit : August-February
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Nellore district, Vishakapatnam district
  • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Alappuzha district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district
  • Maharashtra : Nashik district, Pune district
  • Odisha : Common
  • Tamil Nadu : All hills of Tamil Nadu
• Native : Indo-Malesia
• World Distribution : Tropical Asia
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.; N.P. Sing & S. Karthikeyan 2000. Flora of Maharashtra vol 1.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Impatiens balsamina. Downloaded on 3 April 2025.

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