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Garden balsam
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Garden balsam

Impatiens balsamina

Impatiens balsamina (garden balsam, garden jewelweed, rose balsam, spotted snapweed, touch-me-not) is a species of Impatiens native to southern Asia in India, Bangladesh and Burma.

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Recorded sightings

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Garden balsam in Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants

Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants

Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.222

Garden balsam in Compendium of Materia Medica

Compendium of Materia Medica

李時珍 · 1596 · p.104

Garden balsam in Sancai Tuhui (Vol. 106)

Sancai Tuhui (Vol. 106)

王圻, 王思義 · 1609 · p.48

Garden balsam in Complete Treatise on Agricultural Administration

Complete Treatise on Agricultural Administration

Xu Guangqi · 1909 · p.675

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 133350.