Many thanks Dr. Wojciech for the key character of *I. chinensis*.
Putting here a cropped version of one of the above photos to get closer to stem, which looks to me, more terete than quadrangular ... [image: Impatiens ¿ chinensis / else ?] <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F14615232940&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfkHlDw5MZjW7EYpoinyMv46o3XWw> Also adding another two cropped pictures from above posted photos to get closer to the flowers (though from different plants in same place). [image: Impatiens ¿ chinensis / else ?] <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F14821854213&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcRsVr_5trLDxLkifg98Ig0NkBb9g> [image: Impatiens ¿ chinensis / else ?] <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F14615307140&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcrLw86icXH6Kl6IZBfqVE2GXPmwg> Regards. Dinesh On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 12:35 AM, Wojciech Adamowski <[email protected] > wrote: > It is apparently Impatiens from section Oppositifoliae. > It could be I. chinensis, but I don't see shape of stem - in I. chinensis > it should be quadrangular. > As the specimen comes from southern India, best to ask Dr. Bhaskar. > Regards Wojciech > > > 15:17 niedziela, 2014-7-27, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> napisał(a): > > > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > Some earlier relevant feedback: > efi page on Impatiens chinensis > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/b/balsaminaceae/impatiens/impatiens-chinensis> > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: *Dinesh Valke* <[email protected]> > Date: 18 July 2014 22:57 > Subject: [efloraofindia:194343] Eravikulam National Park :: Impatiens for > ID :: DV11JUL > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > > [image: Eravikulam National Park] > <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F14653416305&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdNvt7cb07w5M1TqtiNx0xSJ5G-MQ> > Eravikulam > National Park > *Date*: June 4, 2014 ... *Base elevation*: 2000m asl > ------------------------------ > *Impatiens* ¿ *chinensis* / else ? ... (family: Balsaminaceae) > Dear friends, please help with ID of this balsam; the flower measures > about 12 - 15 mm across; the opposite leaved plant could be about 2 feet > high. > [image: Impatiens ¿ chinensis / else ?] > <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F14532501002&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfhz6FkB7uBj_30JUCiI2qCxlmFHw> > > > [image: Impatiens ¿ chinensis / else ?] > <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F14349347678&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeIia6quKcU2WFNTJv7FU_WOKNjEA> > > > [image: Impatiens ¿ chinensis / else ?] > <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F14532501002&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfhz6FkB7uBj_30JUCiI2qCxlmFHw> > Regards. > Dinesh > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as > per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- around 2380 members & 1,93,000 messages on 30/6/14) or Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 9500 species & 1,90,000 images). Winner of > Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
