This should be Impatiens balsamina only. Although it is cultivated as
a garden plant, it is also found wild. Of course various cultivars of
Impatiens balsamina exist with flowers of various colors, and also
double-flowered.
Exploding pods is a characteristic of all Balsam species, that is
why the genus name is Impatiens (Impatient seed pod!)
- Tabish
On Aug 8, 12:55 am, "nabha meghani" <nabha-megh...@gmx.de> wrote:
> Oh, the cultivated looks very different from the wildone.
> Impatiens glandulifera is known here as Indisches Springkraut, because the
> pods explode. One finds these pkants along the water sometimes as high as
> 1,80 meters, In bavaria people are very unhappy that this plant destroying
> the local vegetation.
> Globalisation is accompanied by such problems. Trains and ships bring not
> only goods but also seed and other alien things too.
> Regards
> Nalini
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: mani nair
> To: Gurcharan Singh
>
> Cc: Dinesh Valke ; tanay bose ; indiantreepix@googlegroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2010 7:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:43715] Wild Balsam
>
> Yes it is definitely wild and the cultivated one is little different. I
> am sending a photo of the cultivated balsam flower growing in our balcony.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mani.
>
> On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 8:48 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> That is what happens. When we read "wild", completely ignored so common
> cultivated balsam.
> Thanks Dinesh ji
>
> --
> Dr. Gurcharan Singh
> Retired Associate Professor
> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089
> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
>
> On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 8:06 PM, mani nair <mani.na...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks, Gurcharan ji, Tanay ji and Dinesh ji. Yes, I think Dinesh ji's
> ID is right. This flower is also known by the name balsam. In Mumbai and
> surrounding areas it flowers during monsoon. Mostly found near railway
> tracks, vacant lands etc. The cultivated variety we use for Puja. I am
> sending one more photo of the plant which is white in color. Gurcharan ji,
> I am eagerly waiting for your "I" series to start.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mani.
>
> On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 7:54 PM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> ... 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 <tanaybos...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> I think this is Impatiens glandulifera commonly known as Himalayan
> Balsam.
> Tanay
>
> On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 5:51 PM, Gurcharan Singh
> <singh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks Mani ji for upload
> Similar plant I. glanduligera grows in Kashmir. Wait for upload
> when I reach "I"
>
> --
> Dr. Gurcharan Singh
> Retired Associate Professor
> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089
> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
>
> On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 5:39 PM, mani nair <mani.na...@gmail.com>
> 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.
>
> --
> Tanay Bose
> +91(033) 25550676 (Resi)
> 9830439691(Mobile)
