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Impatiens phoenicea
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Family:
BALSAMINACEAE
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Citation: Impatiens phoenicea Bedd., Madras J. Lit. Sci. ser. 2, 19: 175. 1858 & Ic. t. 30. t.148. 1868-74; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 466. 1875; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 145(103). 1915; Vivek. et al. in Hajra et al., Fl. India 4:193.1997; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 43. 1998; N.C. Rathakr. et al. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 555. 2005.
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Description:
Erect, suffruticose herbS, 30 - 100 cm high, branched or not. Leaves alternate, ovate-lanceolate, crenate-serrate at margin, with cilia in crenatures, 5-10 x 2-3.5 cm, membranous; petioles 1.5-2 cm long. Flowers in axillary racemes, scarlet; bracts cordate, ca 5 mm long, persistent; pedicels slender, ca 1 cm long. Lateral sepals obliquely ovate. spur trumpet-shaped, incurved with a swollen tip, stout; standard ovate, dorsally winged; wings 2-lobed; basal lobe cordate, overlapping larger oblong distal one. Capsules 4 or 5 seeded; seeds compressed, ca 3 mm long, furrowed.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-October
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Stream banks in shola forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Red
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
Endangered (EN)
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Altitude:
1500-
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Localities:
Munnar
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