Impatiens leschenaultii (DC.) Wall. ex Wight & Arn.

 
  • Family : BALSAMINACEAE
    (Balsam Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GUL-MEHNDI FAMILY (गुलमेंहदी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : BALSAMINACEAE
  • Basionym : Balsamina leschenaultii DC.
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Unresolved name
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Shola forests and grasslands
  • Comments / notes : Rare
  • Flower, Fruit : February-March
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Nellore district
    • Kerala : Malappuram district, Palakkad district
    • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Madurai district, The Nilgiri district, Tirunelveli district
  • Endemism : Western Ghats
  • Literature : Pullaiah, T. & Karuppusamy, S., 2008. Flora of Andhra Pradesh. Vol. 5; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India 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 leschenaultii. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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