Impatiens balsamina L. - spotted snapweed
MH032 : Impatiens balsamina L.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 69 |
| Synonym | : | - |
| Plant Common Name | : | Tiwadi, Terdi |
| Plant Family | : | Balsaminaceae |
| Description | : | Annual, 45-60 cm tall, pubescent. Leaves lanceolate, 30-90 x 10-30 mm, serrate. Flowers white, orange, pink-red or purple, 25-30 mm long, axillary, solitary or 2(-3); pedicel up to 1-5 mm long. Lateral sepals c. 1.5 mm long, ovate, sparsely ciliate; lower sepal conical, spur 10-20 mm long, curved. Capsule broadly elliptic to fusiform, 1.2-1.4 mm long, densely tomentose, pendulous. Seeds sub-globose, minutely tuberculate. Fl. Per.: Late August-September. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Among grasses on hill slopes, along roadsides, in fields |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Treat thorn or glass-puncture wounds, abscesses, scrofulosis, carbuncles, dysentery, rheumatism, isthmus and crural aches, fractures, superficial infections, fingernail inflammation, tumor, difficult labor and puerperal pain, anti-microbial, antirheumatic, antipruritic, anti-inflammatory, anti-allergic activities and antitumoral |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Kaempferol; Quercetin; Pelargonidin; salicylic acid; sinnapic acid; cafeic acid; scopletin; 2-hydroxy 1,4-naphthoquinone; biscoumarin; 4,40-biisofraxidin; scopoletin; isofraxidin;
Naphthoquinones lawsone; Hennotannic acid; Lawsone methyl ether;
Methylene-3,3-bilawsone,
2-methoxy-1,4-naphthoquinone(Anti-cancer) ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (4): Pelargonidin; Quercetin; Kaempferol; Tannic acid; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=200013288 |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Rosidae |
| Order | : Geraniales |
| Family | : Balsaminaceae - Touch-me-not family |
| Genus | : Impatiens L. - touch-me-not |
| Species | : Impatiens balsamina L. - spotted snapweed |