Handsome Flowered Balsam
Impatiens pulcherrima
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Goa
- Flowering
- July-December
How to identify Handsome Flowered Balsam
Identify Handsome Flowered 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.
- Confirm leaf arrangement: Alternate.
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: Pink.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: July-December.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, Goa.
- Confirm it sits within the Balsaminaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Handsome Flowered Balsam.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Impatiens pulcherrima
- Genus
- Impatiens
- Family
- Balsaminaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Goa
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-December
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable (VU)
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 Handsome Flowered 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 Handsome Flowered Balsam itself; the rest are typical of the Balsaminaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Marathi
- ढाल तेरडा
About Handsome Flowered Balsam
Handsome Flowered Balsam (Impatiens pulcherrima) belongs to the Balsaminaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra and Goa. It grows in evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from July to December.
Balsaminaceae
Balsam/Touch-me-not family
Handsome Flowered Balsam belongs to the Balsaminaceae family.
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