Plant Details

Accepted name:: Impatiens glandulifera Royle [Balsaminaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
balsam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ban til	Other	Med. Pl. in Alpine and Sub-Alpine Pakistan (Kayani et al., 2015)
impatiens	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
impatiens glandulifera, flos	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
indian balsam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ornamental jewelweed	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
policeman's helmet	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
policemans helmet	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
policemans helmet flower	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
snapweed	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Roots, Leaves, Flowers		Med. Pl. in Alpine and Sub-Alpine Pakistan (Kayani et al., 2015)
flower		U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 17 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Impatiens roylei Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 1: 475 (1842), nom. superfl.
Balsamina glandulifera (Royle) Ser. Index Seminum (LY, Lyon) 1853: 1 (1843).
Balsamina macrochila (Lindl.) Ser. Fl. Jard. 3: 454 (1849).
Balsamina roylei (Walp.) Ser. Fl. Jard. 3: 455 (1849).
Impatiens candida Lindl. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 26(Misc.): 85 (1840).
Impatiens cornigera Hook. Bot. Mag. 78: t. 4623 (1852).
Impatiens glandulifera f. pallidiflora (Hook.f.) Weath. Rhodora 48: 414 (1946).
Impatiens glanduligera Lindl. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 26: t. 22 (1840).
Impatiens macrochila Lindl. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 26: t. 8 (1840).
Impatiens moschata Edgew. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 20: 38 (1846).
Impatiens royleana Payer Traité Organogén. Fl.: 84 (1854).
Impatiens roylei f. albida Hegi Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 5: 314 (1925).
Impatiens roylei var. candida (Lindl.) Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 1: 469 (1875).
Impatiens roylei var. macrochila (Lindl.) Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 1: 469 (1875).
Impatiens roylei var. moschata (Edgew.) Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 1: 469 (1875).
Impatiens roylei var. pallidiflora Hook.f. Bot. Mag. 125: t. 7647 (1899).
Impatiens sulcata var. glandulifera (Royle) R.Kr.Singh & D.Borah Biodivers. Res. Conservation 61: 25 (2021).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Impatiens glandulifera	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Impatiens glandulifera Royle	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in Alpine and Sub-Alpine Pakistan (Kayani et al., 2015) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Impatiens roylei	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Impatiens roylei Walp.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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