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Impatiens tinctoria

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Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
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Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
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Internal ID UUID644021d012f42975790141
Scientific name Impatiens tinctoria
Authority A.Rich.
First published in Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 120 (1847)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Impatiens flagellifera Hochst. ex A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 120 (1847)
Impatiens prainiana Gilg Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 127 (1909)

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Language Common/alternative name
Amharic እንሶስላ
Swedish doftbalsamin

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Impatiens tinctoria subsp. abyssinica (Hook.f.) Grey-Wilson Kew Bull. 33: 648 (1979)
Impatiens tinctoria subsp. elegantissima (Gilg) Grey-Wilson Kew Bull. 33: 648 (1979)
Impatiens tinctoria subsp. latifolia Grey-Wilson Kew Bull. 33: 648 (1979)
Impatiens tinctoria subsp. songeana Grey-Wilson Kew Bull. 33: 649 (1979)
Impatiens tinctoria subsp. tinctoria

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Eritrea
      • Ethiopia
      • Sudan
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Malawi
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Zaïre

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000731071
Tropicos 3100395
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:374382-1
Open Tree Of Life 1040321
NCBI Taxonomy 253063
IPNI 374382-1
iNaturalist 495685
GBIF 7309749
Elurikkus 586680
USDA GRIN 19857
Wikipedia Impatiens_tinctoria

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Traditional lore on the healing effects of therapeutic plants used by the local communities around Simien Mountains National Park, northwestern Ethiopia Seraw E, Melkamu Y, Masresha G J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 17-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11025143
doi:10.1186/s13002-024-00678-9
PMID:38632559
Antioxidant activity and mineral content of Impatiens tinctoria A. Rich (Ensosila) tuber, an Ethiopian medicinal plant Gidamo GH Sci Rep 11-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10495335
doi:10.1038/s41598-023-41824-9
PMID:37696977
Medicinal Plants Used in the Management of Sexual Dysfunction, Infertility and Improving Virility in the East African Community: A Systematic Review Kyarimpa C, Nagawa CB, Omara T, Odongo S, Ssebugere P, Lugasi SO, Gumula I Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 12-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10439835
doi:10.1155/2023/6878852
PMID:37600549
Tinea pedis: an updated review Leung AK, Barankin B, Lam JM, Leong KF, Hon KL Drugs Context 29-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10321471
doi:10.7573/dic.2023-5-1
PMID:37415917
Important Medicinal and Food Taxa (Orders and Families) in Kenya, Based on Three Quantitative Approaches Mutie FM, Mbuni YM, Rono PC, Mkala EM, Nzei JM, Phumthum M, Hu GW, Wang QF Plants (Basel) 02-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10005506
doi:10.3390/plants12051145
PMID:36904005
Ethnobotanical study of endemic and non-endemic medicinal plants used by indigenous people in environs of Gullele botanical garden Addis Ababa, central Ethiopia: A major focus on Asteraceae family Woldeamanuel MM, Geda MK, Mohapatra S, Bastia TK, Rath P, Panda AK Front Pharmacol 23-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9727095
doi:10.3389/fphar.2022.1020097
PMID:36506590
Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used in Artuma Fursi district, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia Yimam M, Yimer SM, Beressa TB Trop Med Health 09-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9644516
doi:10.1186/s41182-022-00438-z
PMID:36352467
Ethnobotanical Study of Traditional Medicinal Plants Used to Treat Human and Animal Diseases in Sedie Muja District, South Gondar, Ethiopia Mekonnen AB, Mohammed AS, Tefera AK Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 19-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9526633
doi:10.1155/2022/7328613
PMID:36193157
Medicinal plants used to treat livestock ailments in Ensaro District, North Shewa Zone, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia Asfaw A, Lulekal E, Bekele T, Debella A, Debebe E, Sisay B BMC Vet Res 22-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9215094
doi:10.1186/s12917-022-03320-6
PMID:35733153
Biomass composition and dry matter yields of feed resource available at Lalo kile district of Kellem Wollega Zone, Western Ethiopia Ayele J, Tolemariam T, Beyene A, Tadese DA, Tamiru M Heliyon 17-Feb-2022
PMCID:PMC8866678
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e08972
PMID:35243092
Evaluation of antibacterial and acute oral toxicity of Impatiens tinctoria A. Rich root extracts Degu S, Abebe A, Gemeda N, Bitew A PLoS One 11-Aug-2021
PMCID:PMC8357124
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0255932
PMID:34379681
Medicinal plant use practice in four ethnic communities (Gurage, Mareqo, Qebena, and Silti), south central Ethiopia Teka A, Asfaw Z, Demissew S, Van Damme P J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 24-May-2020
PMCID:PMC7245860
doi:10.1186/s13002-020-00377-1
PMID:32448337
Anti-nociceptive and anti-inflammatory activities of crude root extract and solvent fractions of Cucumis ficifolius in mice model Demsie DG, Yimer EM, Berhe AH, Altaye BM, Berhe DF J Pain Res 30-Apr-2019
PMCID:PMC6504711
doi:10.2147/JPR.S193029
PMID:31118758
Ethnobotany of medicinal plants in Ada’a District, East Shewa Zone of Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia Kefalew A, Asfaw Z, Kelbessa E J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 02-Apr-2015
PMCID:PMC4419563
doi:10.1186/s13002-015-0014-6
PMID:25889311
An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants in Wayu Tuka District, East Welega Zone of Oromia Regional State, West Ethiopia Megersa M, Asfaw Z, Kelbessa E, Beyene A, Woldeab B J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 25-Sep-2013
PMCID:PMC3851437
doi:10.1186/1746-4269-9-68
PMID:24295044

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