Impatiens irvingii
Balsaminaceae FAMILY

Impatiens irvingii

Impatiens irvingii

Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Impatiens irvingii is a sprawling. or more or less erect, herbaceous perennial plant with a succulent stem; it is generally much-branched, but is simple in poorly developed specimens; it grows from 20 - 150cm tall[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. , 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine. It is occasionally grown as an ornamental pot plant[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeTropical Africa - Senegal to Nigeria, Chad and Sudan, south to Angola, DR Congo, Zambia and Tanzania.
HabitatMoist places in rain-forest, swamps or along watercourses, sometimes growing in shallow water; at elevations from 400 - 900 metres[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ].