Plant Details

Accepted name:: Impatiens balsamina L. [Balsaminaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
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 Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Med. Pl. Use: Tajik & Afghan Pamirs (Kassam et al., 2010) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
balsamin	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
balsamina	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
balsamine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
balsamine des jardins	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
basavana paadadagida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
basavanapaada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
beijo de frade	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
beijo-branco	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014)
belen	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
belle zamie	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
bicolor rose balsom	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
bongseonhwa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Med. Pl. in S. Mountainous Region of Korea (Kim & Song, 2011) Survey of Med. Pl., Jeju Island, Korea (Song et al., 2013)
cerengak	Other	Med. Pl. Kalimantan, Indonesia (Caniago et al., 1998)
chabela	Other	Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
chachupina	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
chico	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
chilaka mukka puvvu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chirdo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
feng hsien	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
feng xian hua	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
fengxianhua	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
fèng xiān	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
fèng xiān gēn	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
fèng xiān huā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
fèng xiān zǐ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
garden balsam	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. 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	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
gartenspringkraut	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
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)
gul-menhdi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
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)
hosen-ka	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
hàn zhēn zhū	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
impatience	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
impatiens balsamina whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
impatientis semen	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
inai ayam	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ji xing zi	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
jixingzi	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
jí xìng zǐ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jíxìngzǐ	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
jīn fèng huā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
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)
kaembong	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
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)
kasittumbai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
keembung	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kina cicegi	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
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 Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
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)
mǎn táng hóng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
nedotroga bal'zaminovaja	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
nsa lwansa	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
padake	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
phyaktuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rose balsam	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) 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 Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
semen impatientis	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
spotted snapweed	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tairini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tarini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
terada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
terda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thian dok	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
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 Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
tsurifune-sō	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
tucapattiri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tòu gǔ cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
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)
xikurang	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Tajik & Afghan Pamirs (Kassam et al., 2010)
zhǐ jiǎ huā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
凤仙	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
凤仙根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
凤仙花	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
凤仙透骨草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
急性子	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
指甲花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
旱珍珠	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
满堂红	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
透骨草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
金凤花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
金鳳花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
鳳仙子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
鳳仙花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seed	dried ripe seed	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
Leaf, flower		Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
Whole plant, Seed		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Entire plant		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
root		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
flower, seed, aerial parts, root	juice	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
root		Survey of Med. Pl., Jeju Island, Korea (Song et al., 2013)
leaf, flower		Med. Pl. in S. Mountainous Region of Korea (Kim & Song, 2011)
leaf		Med. Pl. Kalimantan, Indonesia (Caniago et al., 1998)
Seeds		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
seed	dried ripe seed	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
seed		Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (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) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Impatiens balsamina L.	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) Checklist of Korean Cult. Pl. (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) Med. Pl. Kalimantan, Indonesia (Caniago et al., 1998) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014) Med. Pl. Use: Tajik & Afghan Pamirs (Kassam et al., 2010) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007) Med. Pl. in S. Mountainous Region of Korea (Kim & Song, 2011) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) Survey of Med. Pl., Jeju Island, Korea (Song et al., 2013) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Impatiens balsamina Lindley	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Impatiens balsamina Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Trop. Africa (2015)
Impatiens balsamina Linné	Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)
Impatiensbalsamina L.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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