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Impatiens balsamina L.
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Scientific Synonyms:
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| Previous name used in the website: |
Impatiens balsamina |
| Family name: |
BALSAMINACEAE
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| English name: |
Bicolor Rose Blossoms
Garden Balsam
Rose Balsam
Touch-Me-Not
Spotted Snapweed
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| Sinhala name: |
Badarath kudalu (බඩරත් කූඩළු)
Kudalu (කූඩළු)
Kudalu kola (කූඩළු කොළ )
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| Tamil name: |
Aivartenkittumpai
Aivartyenki
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| Sanskrit name: |
Tairini
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| Conservation status: |
NE - Not Evaluated - Due to exotic origin
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| Description: |
Annual herb to 60 cm tall, often less. Leaves spirally arranged, lamina narrowly lanceolate to narrowly elliptic or oblanceolate, 2.7 - 9 cm long, 1.1 - 2.6 cm broad, the base cuneate, the apex acute, glabrous or finely pubescent above and / or beneath, margins serrate-dentate with several dark sessile glands towards the base of the lamina. Flowers epedunculate, solitary or in fascicles of 2 - 3, white or pink. Fruit broadly fusiform, 12 - 20 mm long, 6 - 8 mm broad, densely tomentose.
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| Native Distribution Status: |
Only under cultivation
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| Edible parts: |
Available soon
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| Treatment for: |
Burns
Scalds
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| Parts used in Treatment: |
Entire plant
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| Related Medical Properties: |
Cooling effect
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