Plant Details

Accepted name:: Impatiens balsamina L. [Balsaminaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 4

Impatiens balsamina var. balsamina

Impatiens balsamina var. macrantha Hook.f.

Impatiens balsamina var. micrantha Hook.f.

Impatiens balsamina var. parusnathica Hook.f.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aivartenkittumpai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aivartyenki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alegria	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
badarath kudalu	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
balsam	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
balsam, garden	Other	World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
balsamin	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
balsamina	Other	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983)
balsamine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
balsamine des jardins	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
basavana paadadagida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
basavanapaada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
belen	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bicolor rose balsom	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
bongseonhwa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
cerengak	Other	Med. Pl. Kalimantan (Caniago et al., 1998)
chabela	Other	Med. Plts. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene, 2007)
chachupina	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
chico	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
chilaka mukka puvvu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chirdo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
feng xian hua	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
fengxianhua	Other	Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015)
garden balsam	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
garden balsam seed	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
gartenbalsamine	Other	Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983)
gartenspringkraut	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
gowri hoo gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gowri hoovina gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gowri hoovu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gul-mehndi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gul-mendi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gulemendi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gulmehndi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gulmendi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gulmenhdi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
impatience	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
impatientis semen	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
ji xing zi	Other	TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
jixingzi	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
jíxìngzǐ	Other	Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997)
kaasithummi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kacit-tumpai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kacittumpai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karna kundala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karnakundala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karungiragam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasi tummi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kopurattumpai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kudalu	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
kulin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
madama	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
majethi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
manjrya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mehandi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mehndi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mudda gorinta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nedotroga bal'zaminovaja	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
nsa lwansa	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
padake	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
phyaktuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rose balsam	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
sefer	Other	Handbook of Arabian Medicinal Plants (Ghazanfar, 1994)
semen impatientis	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
spotted snapweed	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
springkraut	Other	Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009)
tairini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
terada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
terda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tilo-onapu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
timadia	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
touch-me-not	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
trujillo	Other	Amazonian Ethnobot. Dictionary (Duke et al., 1994)
tsurifune-sō	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
tucapattiri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uropantikai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uropantikaicceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
utakatacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
utakatam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
凤仙花	Other	Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015)
急性子	Other	Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seed	dried ripe seed	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
Leaf, flower		Med. Plts. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene, 2007)
Whole plant, Seed		Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015)
Entire plant		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
leaf		Med. Pl. Kalimantan (Caniago et al., 1998)
Seeds		Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997)
seed	dried ripe seed	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
seed		Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Balsamina balsamina (L.) Huth Helios 11: 133 (1893), not validly publ.
Balsamina hortensis Desp. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. ed. 2. 3: 485 (1817), nom. illeg.
Impatiens balsamina var. vulgaris Wight & Arn. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 136 (1834), not validly publ.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Impatiens balsamina	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007) Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Impatiens balsamina L.	A Check-list of the Korean Cultivated Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Amazonian Ethnobot. Dictionary (Duke et al., 1994) Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Handbook of Arabian Medicinal Plants (Ghazanfar, 1994) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) Med. Pl. Kalimantan (Caniago et al., 1998) Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015) Med. Plts. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene, 2007) Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Impatiens balsamina Lindley	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Impatiens balsamina Linn.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa (2015)
Impatiens balsamina Linné	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)

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