... thinking it to be the common balsam, *Impatiens balsamina*,

commonly known as: balsam, impatiens, jewel weed, ladies' slippers, rose
balsam, spotted snapweed, touch-me-not • Bengali: দোপাটি dopati • Gujarati:
ગુલમેંદી gulmendi • Hindi: गुलमेहंधी gulmehendi • Kannada: ಕರ್ಣಮಮ್ಡಲ
karnamamdala • Kashmiri: बन्-तिल् ban-til, ततूर् tatur • Konkani: चिर्डा
chirda • Malayalam: തിലം ഓണപ്പു thilam oonappuu • Marathi: गुलमेंधी
gulmendi, तेरडा terada • Nepalese: तिउरी tiuree • Oriya: haragaura •
Punjabi: bantil, tatura • Sanskrit: दुष्परिजती dushparijati • Tamil:
காசித்தும்பை kaci-t-tumpai • Telugu: గులివింద gulivinda, ముద్ద గోరింత mudda
gorinta • Urdu: مينہدي گل gul mehendi


Regards.

On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 7:36 PM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote:

> I think this is *Impatiens glandulifera* commonly known as Himalayan
> Balsam.
>
> Tanay
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> On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 5:51 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> Thanks Mani ji for upload
>> Similar plant I. glanduligera grows in Kashmir. Wait for upload when I
>> reach "I"
>>
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>> On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 5:39 PM, mani nair <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear friends,
>>>
>>> Sending pictures of wild balsam growing near the railway tracks on the
>>> Diva-Vasai route.  The flowers are attracted to butterflies and *
>>> Hummingbird* Hawk-*moth* (Macroglossum stellatarum).
>>>
>>> Hope you like it.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Mani.
>>>
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