Leschenault's Balsam (6371086597)
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Balsaminaceae (balsam family) » Impatiens leschenaultii (DC.) Wall. ex Wight & Arn. im-PAY-shuns -- impatient; referring to the seed pod's habit of bursting open ay-shen-NAWL-tee-eye -- named for Jean Baptiste Louis Theodore Leschenault de la Tour, French botanist and traveller commonly known as: Leschenault's balsam Endemic to: Western Ghats (of India)
References: efloraofindia • NPGS / GRIN • Botanicus
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- Ericales
- Balsaminaceae (balsam family)
- Impatiens (touch-me-not)
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