Tree-Dwelling Balsam
Impatiens dendricola
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Kerala, Karnataka
- Flowering
- August-September
How to identify Tree-Dwelling Balsam
Identify Tree-Dwelling Balsam by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Woody shrubby or tree-dwelling (epiphytic) habit.
- Confirm leaf arrangement: Alternate.
- Confirm leaf surface: Pubescent.
- Confirm flower colour: Pink.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Raceme.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-September.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Impatiens dendricola
- Genus
- Impatiens
- Family
- Balsaminaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Native to
- India
- Found in India
- Kerala, Karnataka
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-September
- Conservation status
- Critically Endangered (CR)
Leaf characters
- Leaf arrangement
- AlternaterecordedOne leaf per node, arranged in a spiral or zigzag up the stem.
- Leaf surface
- PubescentrecordedCovered in short, soft hairs.“Leaves are ovate, elliptic or lanceolate, hairy above, glabrous below with distinct midrib.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Tree-Dwelling Balsam itself; the rest are typical of the Balsaminaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Pinkrecorded
- Flower arrangement
- RacemerecordedIndividual stalked flowers arranged along a central stem, opening from bottom to top.“Flowers are in 5–18 cm long racemes.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Solitary
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Tree-Dwelling Balsam itself; the rest are typical of the Balsaminaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Tree-Dwelling Balsam
Tree-Dwelling Balsam (Impatiens dendricola) belongs to the Balsaminaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Kerala and Karnataka. Flowering and fruiting run from August to September.
Balsaminaceae
Balsam/Touch-me-not family
Tree-Dwelling Balsam belongs to the Balsaminaceae family.
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