| Baba Budan Balsam |
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| Original date | 10/14/09 10:45 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.4mm |
| Exposure time | 1/320s |
| Aperture | 3.2 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot A2000 IS |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Impatiens bababudenensis Family: Balsaminaceae (Balsam family)
Baba Budan Balsam is an erect shrub, 1-2 m tall,
stems branched. It is named for Baba Budan, a 16th-century Sufi,
revered by both Muslims and Hindus. Flowers are borne singly, in two's
or in fascicles, pink or purple; flower-stalks slender, often recurved
in fruits, 2-6 cm long. Lateral sepals are small or minute, ovate,
cuspidate. Lip is boat-shaped, concave, tapering; spur 1.2-2 cm long,
slender, straight or incurved. Standard is larger than wings, bilobed.
Wings are bilobed; basal lobes shorter than distal ones. Leaves are
alternate, nearly opposite or whorled, often crowded at ends of
branches, ovate-lanceshaped, tapering or caudate-tapering at tip,
rounded toothed-sawtoothed along margins, 5-12 x 2-2.5 cm, membranous,
glandular on lower half and leaf-stalk; nerves 7-10 pairs; leaf-stalks
2-10 cm long. Capsules are ellipsoid, 1.8-2.5 cm long; seeds obovoid,
rugose or papillose. Baba Budan Balsam is endemic to Southern Western
Ghats, found up to 2400 m, in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and
Kerala. Flowering: May-December.
| Identification credit: Shrishail Kulloli | Photographed in Kerala. |
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