Balsams or Impatiens are have been known for their elegant and delicate nature and widely cultivated as ornamental plant, which shows high rate of endemism. The species of balsams are in abundance in Western Ghats; interestingly most of the plants found here cannot be spotted anywhere else in the world. Scapigerous species of Impatiens are […]
This week’s ‘interesting fact’ is on Impatiens jerdoniae Wt., which has bloomed at M S Swaminathan Botanical Garden’s (MSSBG) conservatory. The species obtained its common name ‘Parrot billed Impatiens’ from the large red inflated lip. It’s a true epiphytic balsam and one among 8 epiphytic species known from Western Ghats. Endemic to South Western Ghats, […]
The genus Memecylon is rich with 260 spp. mainly from the paleotropics; and Western Ghats with a diversity of 27 spp. with 20 endemics. A floristic exploration in the year 2012 in Western Ghats by a team of scientists from M S Swaminathan Research Foundation and Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanical Garden, Thiruvananthapuram, came across a […]