Impatiens dendricola is a herbaceous flowering plant in the family Balsaminaceae endemic to Western Ghats.
Description It is an epiphytic, scapigerous, tuberous herb, growing up to 10 – 20 high. There are 4-5 radical leaves per tuber. Leaves are ovate, elliptic or lanceolate, hairy above, glabrous below with distinct midrib. Glabrous petioles are 1.5 – 7 cm long. Flowers are in 5–18 cm long racemes. Each raceme has 2-10 flowers. White flowers have ovate bracts. Sickle shaped lateral sepals have deeply lobed base on anterior side. Ovate lips have sac like base. Wings are 3-lobed with a cluster of orange hairs a little above base. Distal lobes are streight, strap shaped and rounded. Median lobe - sub-circular, basal lobe - strap shaped and slightly widened at the tip. Strongly curved spur is club shaped.https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Tree-Dwelling%20Balsam.htmlhttp://irgu.unigoa.ac.in/drs/bitstream/handle/unigoa/2536/Rheedea_21_23.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
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