Impatiens dendricola C.E.C.Fisch

 
  • Family : BALSAMINACEAE
    (Balsam Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GUL-MEHNDI FAMILY (गुलमेंहदी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : BALSAMINACEAE
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Impatiens dendricola C.E.C.Fisch.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Comments / notes : Grows on moss covered tree trunks. Chromosome No.: 2n _x0002_ 14 (Bhaskar, 1976, 1980).
  • Flower, Fruit : August-September
  • Collector(s) Name : V. Bhaskar
  • Collection Date : 16-07-2012
  • Collection Nos : Barnes 886, Barnes 887 (K); 913 (UASB)
  • Collection Locality : Movlematta, near Talakkadu, Mysore district
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district
  • Native : India
  • Endemism : Western Ghats (Karnataka)
  • Conservation Status : Critically Endangered (CR)
  • Literature : Saldanha, C.J. (1996). Flora of Karnataka vol. 2. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state; Janarthanam & Dessai, 2011-Rheedea, Vol. 21(1) 23-80.
  • 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 dendricola. Downloaded on 3 August 2026.

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