711 ID wild plant Impatiens

Sam Kuzhalanattu

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Oct 7, 2025, 2:14:03 AMOct 7

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Please ID wild plant, kind regards, Sam.

Location: Eravikulam National Park Rajaimalai Munnar Idukki Kerala INDIA

Altitude: 7400fsl

Flower date: 19AUG2025, 11.55am

Habitat: wild moisture rocky sloppy evergreen canopied windy misty waterfalls highland/montane

Plant habit: small erect unbranched herb, weak fleshy cylindrical stem 04.5mm base diameter, annual

Height: 01 feet

Leaves: alternate heart shaped obtuse acute leathery fleshy smooth serrated margins, size upto: 08×4cm

Flower: terminal spike inflorescence, clustered, whitish pink, non fragrant size:15x08mm

Spur length: 04mm

Fruit: capsule green ovoid

Seed:

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Sam Kuzhalanattu

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Oct 7, 2025, 2:16:25 AMOct 7

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Sam Kuzhalanattu

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Saroj Kasaju

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Oct 7, 2025, 3:52:39 AMOct 7

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Impatiens neomodesta Hareesh, K.M.P.Kumar & V.B.Sreek. ???

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

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Sam Kuzhalanattu

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Oct 7, 2025, 5:11:33 AMOct 7

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Yes, it is Impatiens neomodesta, dear Saroj ji, thank you very much for ID my plant, with kind regards, Sam.

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On Tue, 7 Oct, 2025, 2:38 pm Sam Kuzhalanattu, <samkuzh...@gmail.com> wrote:

Yes, it is Impatiens neomodesta, dear Saroj ji, thank you very much for ID my plant, with kind regards, Sam.
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Saroj Kasaju

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Oct 7, 2025, 5:13:53 AMOct 7

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OK Sam.

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

J.M. Garg

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Oct 11, 2025, 4:10:03 AMOct 11

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To me appears more close to Impatiens modesta as per
https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Modest%20Balsam.html
https://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/herbsheet.php?id=6241&cat=13

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Impatiens_modesta_Rungiah.jpg

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Sam Kuzhalanattu

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Oct 11, 2025, 4:51:33 AMOct 11

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Yes it is Impatiens modesta dear Garg ji, thank you very much for ID my plant, with kind regards, Sam.

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