Impatiens balsamina
speciesAt a glance
Sources15 archives
Databases and archives Impatiens balsamina's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation16 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility4 857 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI12 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics12 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
dukesphytochemcompounds
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Fruits Impatiens balsamina, commonly known as balsam, garden balsam, rose balsam, touch-me-not or spotted snapweed, is a species of plant native to India and Myanmar. It is an annual plant growing to 20–75 cm tall, with a thick, but soft stem. The leaves are spirally-arranged, 2.5–9 cm long and 1–2.5 cm broad, with a deeply toothed margin. The flowers are pink, red, mauve, purple, lilac, or white, and 2.5–5 cm diameter; they are pollinated by bees and other insects, and also by nectar-feeding birds.Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. Macmillan . The ripe seed capsules undergo explosive dehiscence.Impatiens balsamina. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER).
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology7
Life cycle & reproduction9
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment11
Physiology & chemistry3
Other traits2
Compounds documented for Impatiens balsamina across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds96 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-METHOXY-1,4-NAPTHOQUINONE | 2,300 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| BALSAMINONE-A | 50 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| BALSAMINONE-B | 10 ppm | DukesPhytochem |
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Impatiens balsamina has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
The complete instruction manual Impatiens balsamina carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
2n 1434×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn72 +7
2n 121×CCDB · book-ipcn67-71
2n 161×CCDB · book-indian_vol1
n 710×CCDB · iapt · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn66 +3
diploid1×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
Record type4 857 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions119 of 221 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Durango, MX | 128 |
| Puerto Ayora, EC | 66 |
| Saint Louis, US | 63 |
| Beijing, CN | 56 |
| Guangzhou, CN | 42 |
| Baroda, IN | 39 |
| Philadelphia, US | 37 |
| Mexico City, MX | 33 |
| Kunming, CN | 32 |
| Allentown, US | 30 |
| Chengdu, CN | 30 |
| Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS)location not on record | 19 |
| Strecker Museum, Baylor Universitylocation not on record | 17 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 16 |
| Guilin, CN | 16 |
| Wuhan, CN | 15 |
| Nanchong, CN | 15 |
| Odawara, JP | 15 |
| Hangzhou, CN | 14 |
| QAUlocation not on record | 14 |
| Mérida, MX | 12 |
| Kochi, JP | 10 |
| Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV | 10 |
| Chapingo, MX | 10 |
| Bronx, US | 9 |
| Anhui Normal Universitylocation not on record | 9 |
| Awka, NG | 9 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 8 |
| Auckland, NZ | 8 |
| Austin, US | 8 |
| Guangzhou, CN | 8 |
| Riverside, US | 7 |
| FUNEDlocation not on record | 7 |
| Kew, GB | 7 |
| Chicago, US | 7 |
| Institute for Agricultural Bacteriology and Fermentation Biologylocation not on record | 7 |
| Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record | 6 |
| Shanghai, CN | 6 |
| Madison, US | 6 |
| Xiamen, CN | 6 |
| Tlalnepantla, MX | 6 |
| Chengdu, CN | 6 |
| Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record | 6 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 6 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 5 |
| Urumqi, CN | 5 |
| Mérida, MX | 5 |
| Guangxi Institute of Traditional Medical and Pharmaceutical Scienceslocation not on record | 5 |
| Central China Normal Universitylocation not on record | 5 |
| Berlin, DE | 5 |
| Paris, FR | 5 |
| Tapachula, MX | 5 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 5 |
| Xinxiang, CN | 4 |
| LDlocation not on record | 4 |
| GMBAlocation not on record | 4 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 4 |
| Universiti Sains Malaysialocation not on record | 4 |
| Universidad de Pamplona (UPamplona)location not on record | 4 |
| Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas - SINCHIlocation not on record | 4 |
| Culiacán, MX | 4 |
| Zhejiang Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 4 |
| South Kensington, GB | 4 |
| National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record | 4 |
| KR | 3 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 3 |
| Taipei, TW | 3 |
| Honolulu, US | 3 |
| Pondicherry, IN | 3 |
| Nagasaki University - Fisherieslocation not on record | 3 |
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 3 |
| BMlocation not on record | 3 |
| Miami, US | 3 |
| Chengdu, CN | 3 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 3 |
| Gujarat Biodiversity Gene Banklocation not on record | 3 |
| Wlocation not on record | 3 |
| Corporación Autónoma Regional Para la Defensa de la Meseta de Bucaramanga (CDMB)location not on record | 3 |
| Philadelphia, US | 3 |
| Salzburg, AT | 3 |
| HUT Culture Collectionlocation not on record | 3 |
| Wuhan, CN | 3 |
| Mexico City, MX | 3 |
| Aarhus, DK | 3 |
| UTPLlocation not on record | 3 |
| QCNElocation not on record | 3 |
| Columbia, US | 3 |
| Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Gardenlocation not on record | 2 |
| Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Conservación, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Moreloslocation not on record | 2 |
| Henry Brockhouse Collectionlocation not on record | 2 |
| 黔东南州民族医药研究所标本室location not on record | 2 |
| BISHlocation not on record | 2 |
| EL PASO, US | 2 |
| Yaoundé, CM | 2 |
| Chiba, JP | 2 |
| Fujian Institute of Subtropical Botanylocation not on record | 2 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 2 |
| Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR)location not on record | 2 |
| MAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Barcelona, ES | 2 |
| GB | 2 |
| Uppsala, SE | 2 |
| Zhengzhou, CN | 2 |
| Chongqing Natural History Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 2 |
| Lanzhou, CN | 2 |
| Universidade Federal de Santa Catarinalocation not on record | 2 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 2 |
| Alexandria Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| UFRPElocation not on record | 2 |
| Burlington, US | 2 |
| UFSClocation not on record | 2 |
| Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (PUJ)location not on record | 2 |
| Bern, CH | 2 |
| Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Región Xalapalocation not on record | 2 |
| Bloomington, US | 2 |
| Iquitos, PE | 2 |
| Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record | 2 |
| León, NI | 2 |
| Knoxville, US | 2 |
| Xian, CN | 2 |
| BClocation not on record | 1 |
| NO DISPONIBLElocation not on record | 1 |
| College Park, US | 1 |
| CASlocation not on record | 1 |
| Instituto do Meio Ambientelocation not on record | 1 |
| Otaru, JP | 1 |
| Departamento de Sistematica e Ecologialocation not on record | 1 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 1 |
| San Sebastián, ES | 1 |
| San Diego, US | 1 |
| Olocation not on record | 1 |
| Davenport, US | 1 |
| JBRJlocation not on record | 1 |
| Rotorua, NZ | 1 |
| Dekalb, US | 1 |
| Cambridge, US | 1 |
| Minia, EG | 1 |
| CICYTEXlocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad de La Salle (La Salle)location not on record | 1 |
| Oregon State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Calabar, NG | 1 |
| Loja, EC | 1 |
| San José, CR | 1 |
| Fortaleza, BR | 1 |
| Herbario Selva Central Oxapampa - estación biológica del Jardín Botánico de Missourilocation not on record | 1 |
| Lima, PE | 1 |
| Tsukuba, JP | 1 |
| Río Palenque Science Centerlocation not on record | 1 |
| Ciudad de México, MX | 1 |
| Jardín Botánico José Celestino Mutis (JBBJCM)location not on record | 1 |
| Mexico City, MX | 1 |
| Station d'Ecologie de Lamtolocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad Nacional Agrarialocation not on record | 1 |
| Riobamba, EC | 1 |
| Quito, EC | 1 |
| UFBAlocation not on record | 1 |
| San Francisco, US | 1 |
| AUAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Morelia, MX | 1 |
| FLASlocation not on record | 1 |
| University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record | 1 |
| Montecillo, Texcoco, MX | 1 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 1 |
| Tuscaloosa, US | 1 |
| Millersville, US | 1 |
| Nagatoro-machi, Chichibu-gun, JP | 1 |
| Cuiabá, BR | 1 |
| Hiratsuka City Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Seoul, KR | 1 |
| Toyama, JP | 1 |
| Ilhéus, BR | 1 |
| WNNUlocation not on record | 1 |
| CEPLAClocation not on record | 1 |
| Staten Island, US | 1 |
| Universidade Federal do Ceara, Departamento de Biologialocation not on record | 1 |
| Austin, US | 1 |
| UnBlocation not on record | 1 |
| Jiujiang Forestry Institutelocation not on record | 1 |
| Guangxi Agricultural Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Zhejiang Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Jiangxi College of Educationlocation not on record | 1 |
| Xining, CN | 1 |
| Guiyang, CN | 1 |
| HUFDlocation not on record | 1 |
| València, ES | 1 |
| Zhuzhou, CN | 1 |
| Chaguaramas, TT | 1 |
| TAFORI-LSRClocation not on record | 1 |
| Dresden, DE | 1 |
| UNESP-RClocation not on record | 1 |
| Helsinki, FI | 1 |
| Instituto para la Investigación y la Preservación del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural del Valle del Cauca - INCIVAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Altos de Pipe, VE | 1 |
| Universidad Icesi (ICESI)location not on record | 1 |
| JGSlocation not on record | 1 |
| ENTClocation not on record | 1 |
| Jardín Botánico de Cartagena "Guillermo Piñeres" (JBC)location not on record | 1 |
| Universidad del Pais Vasco (UPV/EHU)location not on record | 1 |
| NGCPR01034location not on record | 1 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 1 |
| Universidad Católica de Oriente (UCO)location not on record | 1 |
| Universidad del Valle (UV)location not on record | 1 |
| Guasave, MX | 1 |
| CNF-UFHBlocation not on record | 1 |
| Nanjing, CN | 1 |
| Shenzhen, CN | 1 |
| FJFClocation not on record | 1 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 1 |
| St. Augustine, TT | 1 |
| HUAlocation not on record | 1 |
| TAIElocation not on record | 1 |
| Sangmiung Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Puebla, MX | 1 |
| Autlán de Navarro, MX | 1 |
| Mexico City, MX | 1 |
| UFRRJlocation not on record | 1 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 1 |
| Museum Of Natural And Environmental History, Shizuokalocation not on record | 1 |
| Seropédica, BR | 1 |
| Fukushima Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Impatiens balsamina was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.