Impatiens macroptera Hook.F.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Balsaminaceae > Impatiens

Characteristics

A herb that keeps growing from year to year. It grows 50 cm high. It has red flowers.
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Flowers green and white or purplish.
Erect herb, 2–4 ft. high
Life form
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows between 600-1,350 m above sea level. It grows in humid, shaded forest.
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Humid shaded rain-forest, forest margins; at elevations from 200-1,350 metres.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The leaves are eaten as a vegetable.
Uses food gene source medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 21 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Impatiens macroptera world distribution map, present in Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and Nigeria

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:374203-1
WFO ID wfo-0000730700
COL ID 3PK2Z
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Impatiens macroptera