Impatiens talbotii Hook.f.

 
  • 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 talbotii Hook.f.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Comments / notes : On either side of the narrow steep path or footsteps leading to the Jog falls in Karnataka and on roadsides near the waterfalls at Gaondongri (Goa). (Dessai & Janarthanam, 2011)
  • Flower, Fruit : August-November
  • Collection Nos : Talbot 3732, Meebold 6960
  • Distribution :
    • Goa : South Goa district
    • Karnataka : Shivamogga district, Bengaluru district (GKVK, Campus)
  • Native : India
  • Endemism : Karnataka, Goa
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : Saldanha, C.J. (1996). Flora of Karnataka vol. 2. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi; 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 talbotii. Downloaded on 31 October 2025.

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