| Spindle-Fruit Balsam |
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| Original date | 8/4/09 10:56 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 27.092mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 5.0 |
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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 cuspidata Family: Balsaminaceae (Balsam family)
Synonyms: Impatiens latifolia sensu Hook F.
Synonyms: Impatiens latifolia sensu Hook F.
Spindle-Fruit Balsam is a shrub 50-100 cm tall,
with stems and branches glaucous. Leaves are opposite, alternate or
whorled, elliptic-lanceshaped, sawtoothed, 5-11 x 2-4.5 cm, glandular
at lower margins; nerves hairy beneath; leaf-stalks 1.5-5 cm long,
glandular. Flowers are borne in leaf-axils, singly or in fascicles,
pale pink or white; flower-stalks up to 4-8 cm long. Lateral sepals are
minute. Lip is funnel-shaped, cuspidate; with 1.5-2.5 cm long spur.
Standard is about 1.6 x 0.8 cm, larger than wings. Wings are bilobed;
basal lobes larger than distal ones. Capsules are ellipsoid, narrowed
at both ends, about 2.2 x 1.2 cm; seeds 7-11. Spindle-Fruit Balsam is
endemic to Southern Western Ghats, found between 1500-2000 m, in
Karnataka,Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Flowering: August-December.
| Identification credit: Shrishail Kulloli, A.K. Sreekala | Photographed in Munnar, Kerala. |
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