• Family : Balsaminaceae
  (Balsam Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : GUL-MEHNDI FAMILY (गुलमेंहदी फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Balsaminaceae
• Synonym(s) : Impatiens gigantea Edgew.
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Impatiens sulcata Wall.
• Common name : Gigantic Himalayan balsam
• Habit : Annual herb
• Habitat : Understories of Picea forest, along canals, stream margins, pathside, shaded moist places; 2850-4000 m. altitude
• Key identification features : A small bristle-like gland present between crenatures of the leaf
• Flower, Fruit : July-October
• Distribution :
  • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • Sikkim : North Sikkim (Mangan) district,East Sikkim (Gangtok) district
• Native : Bhutan, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : Pakistan to Himalaya and South Tibet
• Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 91; GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 1. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 100; Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 70; Nair, N. G (1977).Flora of Bashahr Himalayas. International Bioscience Publishers: 51; Chowdhery, H. J. & Wadhwa, B. H (1984). Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol. 1. Published BSI: 138
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Impatiens sulcata. Downloaded on 1 December 2023.

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