[image: ... Kas skyline]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F8035015844%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcDVdj__6tKTqSABRfvEGMun25Rew> Kas plateau ... about 4000 ft asl ... one of the 39 World Heritage sites in the Western Ghats of India ------------------------------ 19 OCT 07 * Impatiens tomentosa * B. Heyne ex Wight & Arn. ... (family: Balsaminaceae) *im-PAY-shuns* -- impatient; referring to the seed pod's habit of bursting open *toh-men-TOH-suh* -- covered with fine, matted hairs
*commonly known as*: marsh balsam • *Marathi*: फोंडा तेरडा phonda terda *Endemic to*: Western Ghats (of India) *References*: Flowers of India<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.in%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FMarsh%2520Balsam.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzf2QrAimh3EIz-dSXpy1LyPAtW-5w>• NPGS / GRIN<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ars-grin.gov%2Fcgi-bin%2Fnpgs%2Fhtml%2Ftaxon.pl%3F431411&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcP5tgswipKTwGC0KhDqB4JT2DxYQ>• *Further Flowers of Sahyadri* by Shrikant Ingalhalikar [image: Impatiens tomentosa]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F1651831694%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeijFkacBlLnlRhmBuXL5HjyUdy0g> [image: Impatiens tomentosa]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F1651861612%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdd_b1qG9bEvKysBHRF3U3k_I8R0w> [image: Impatiens tomentosa]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F1651089093%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfsr3moA_sl3qRVzaZAi3LAecadOQ> Regards. Dinesh --
