Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Impatiens balsamina
Scientific Name and Description
Impatiens balsamina L.
Herb Family
Plant type
Herb
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | garden balsam, Balsam |
| Hindi | gul-mehndi, gul-mendi, gulmehndi, gulmendi, manjrya, mehndi, phyaktuli, timadia, Kanchan |
| Common Names | Touch-Me-Not, Balsam, Garden Balsam, Poor-Man's Orchid, balsam, garden balsam, rose balsam, touch-me-not, spotted snapweed, |
| Kannada | basavana paadadagida, basavanapaada, gowri hoo gida, gowri hoovina gida, gowri hoovu, karna kundala, karnakundala |
| Malayalam | tilo-onapu |
| Marathi | chirdo, terada, Gulmehndi |
| Sanskrit | tairini |
| Tamil | aivartenkittumpai, aivartyenki, kacit-tumpai, kacittumpai, kopurattumpai, kulin, tucapattiri, uropantikai, uropantikaicceti, utakatacceti, utakatam, Nochi |
| Telugu | chilaka mukka puvvu, kaasithummi, kasi tummi, mudda gorinta, Modha |
| Urdu | gulemendi |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Herb usable parts
Flowers
Twig
Ethnopharmacology use
mpatiens balsamina L
Habit - Herb
Parts used - Flower, twig
Application - Wounds; burns; scalds; boils; jaundic
Treatment - General
References - Wagh and Jain 2015
References
Literature
Literature
Wagh and Jain 2015
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I Author - D.M.Verma, N.P.Balakrishnan, R.D.Dixit
Flora of West Bengal Vol 1 Author - BSI Scientist
Flora of Rajasthan Vol. 1 Author - B.V.Shetty & V.Singh
The Flora of Kerala Vol I Author - Ed. P. Daniel
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol I Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
Flora of Maharashrta State (Dicotyledons) Volume 1 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
The Flora of Orissa Volume 1 Author - H. O. Saxena, M. Brahmam
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 1 Author - G.L.Shah
Flora of Tons Valley (Uttaranchal) Author - T.S.Rana, Bhaskar Datt & R.R.Rao
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL2 Author - D.B. DEB
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
Citations
Herb citations
Impatiens balsamina. (2024, May 1). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impatiens_balsamina