Impatiens travancorica Bedd.

 
  • 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) : Unresolved name
  • Habit : Herb
  • Comments / notes : On wet rocks
  • Key identification features : Small succulent herb; leaves crenate and ciliate; flowers small in umbels
  • Flower, Fruit : August-October
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Tamil Nadu : Kanyakumari district, Tirunelveli district
  • Endemism : Southern Western Ghats
  • Conservation Status : Critically Endangered (CR)
  • Literature : 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 travancorica. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.

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