<p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Balsaminaceae&amp;w=91314344@N00&amp;m=tags">Balsaminaceae</a> (balsam family) » <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Impatiensbalsamina&amp;w=91314344@N00&amp;m=tags">Impatiens balsamina</a></i>
</p><p><b>im-PAY-shuns</b> -- meaning, impatient; referring to the seed pod's habit of bursting open
<b>bal-SAM-in-uh</b> -- meaning, aromatic
</p><p><b>commonly known as</b>: balsam, impatiens, jewel weed, ladies' slippers, rose balsam, spotted snapweed, touch-me-not • <b>Bengali</b>: দোপাটি dopati • <b>Gujarati</b>: ગુલમેંદી gulmendi • <b>Hindi</b>: गुलमेहंधी gulmehendi • <b>Kannada</b>: ಕರ್ಣಮಮ್ಡಲ karnamamdala • <b>Kashmiri</b>: बन्-तिल् ban-til, ततूर् tatur • <b>Konkani</b>: चिर्डा chirda • <b>Malayalam</b>: തിലം ഓണപ്പു thilam oonappuu • <b>Marathi</b>: गुलमेंधी gulmendi, तेरडा terada • <b>Nepalese</b>: तिउरी tiuree • <b>Oriya</b>: haragaura • <b>Punjabi</b>: bantil, tatura • <b>Sanskrit</b>: दुष्परिजती dushparijati • <b>Tamil</b>: காசித்தும்பை kaci-t-tumpai • <b>Telugu</b>: గులివింద gulivinda, ముద్ద గోరింత mudda gorinta • <b>Urdu</b>: مينہدي گل gul mehendi
</p><p><b>Native to</b>: India, Myanmar
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<b>References</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Garden%20Balsam.html">Flowers of India</a> • <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hear.org/pier/species/impatiens_balsamina.htm">PIER species info</a> • <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?19810">NPGS / GRIN</a> • <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ncbi.org.in/biota/flora/Top/SCommonname.jsp?scid=5244&amp;sciname=Impatiens%20balsamina">IndFlora</a> • <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&amp;taxon_id=200013288">eFlora</a>
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/91314344@N00">Dinesh Valke</a> from Thane, India
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