Impatiens pulcherrima Dalzell

im-PAY-shuns -- impatient; referring to the seed pod's habit of bursting open ... Dave's Botanary
pul-KAIR-ih-muh -- beautiful ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: handsome-flowered balsam, western hill balsam • Kannada: dhalu kundala ಡಾಲು ಕುಂಡಲ • Konkani: ढाल चिरडो dhal chirdo • Malayalam: ബാൾസം balsam • Marathi: ढाल तेरडा dhal-terda


botanical names: Impatiens pulcherrima Dalzell ... synonyms: none known ... POWO

Bibliography / etymology

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

handsome-flowered balsam, western hill balsam

• Flowers of India

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

dhalu kundala ಡಾಲು ಕುಂಡಲ

• name coined, for want of name; dhalu ಡಾಲು = shield; kundala ಕುಂಡಲ = a ring, a small ornament; a badge of honour ... the flower alludes to an ornament, shaped like shield
• Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

ढाल चिरडो dhal chirdo

• name coined, for want of name; ढाल dhal = shield; चिरडो chirdo = generic name for most of Impatiens species ... the flower alludes to a shield
• Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

ബാൾസം balsam

• Many thanks to Sam Kuzhalanattu for help with this name ... efloraofindia

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

ढाल तेरडा dhal-terda

• name coined, for want of name, by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the author of Flowers of Sahyadri, the first among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers ... ढाल dhal = shield; तेरडा terda = generic name for most of Impatiens species ... the flower alludes to a shield

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Balsaminaceae endemic annual herb Impatiens "Impatiens pulcherrima" "handsome flowered balsam" "western hill balsam"