Malabar Whitish Balsam
Impatiens hensloviana
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Kerala
- Flowering
- August-October
How to identify Malabar Whitish Balsam
Identify Malabar Whitish 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 shrub habit.
- Confirm leaf arrangement: Alternate.
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: Pink.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-October.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Kerala.
- Confirm it sits within the Balsaminaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Malabar Whitish Balsam.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Impatiens hensloviana
- Genus
- Impatiens
- Family
- Balsaminaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Evergreen and shola forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Kerala
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-October
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
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 Malabar Whitish 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 Malabar Whitish Balsam itself; the rest are typical of the Balsaminaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Malabar Whitish Balsam
Malabar Whitish Balsam (Impatiens hensloviana) belongs to the Balsaminaceae family, where it grows as a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. It grows in evergreen and shola forests. Flowering and fruiting run from August to October.
Balsaminaceae
Balsam/Touch-me-not family
Malabar Whitish Balsam belongs to the Balsaminaceae family.
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