Shrubby Balsam
Impatiens fruticosa
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh
- Flowering
- October-April
How to identify Shrubby Balsam
Identify Shrubby 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 undershrub habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Woody shrubby or tree-dwelling (epiphytic) habit.
- Confirm leaf arrangement: Alternate.
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: Pink.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: October-April.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Impatiens fruticosa
- Genus
- Impatiens
- Family
- Balsaminaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-April
Leaf characters
- Leaf arrangement
- AlternaterecordedOne leaf per node, arranged in a spiral or zigzag up the stem.
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Shrubby Balsam itself; the rest are typical of the Balsaminaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Pinkrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Solitary
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Shrubby Balsam itself; the rest are typical of the Balsaminaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Shrubby Balsam
A member of the Balsaminaceae family, Shrubby Balsam (Impatiens fruticosa) is a low shrub. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh. Flowering and fruiting run from October to April.
Balsaminaceae
Balsam/Touch-me-not family
Shrubby Balsam belongs to the Balsaminaceae family.
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