Impatiens cuspidata Wight & Arn. in Companion Bot. Mag. 1: 321. 1836; Wight, Icon. t. 741. 1844. I. latifolia sensu Hook F., Fl. Brit. India 1: 450. 1874, p.p. non L. 1753.

Shrubs 50 - 100 cm high; stems and branches glaucous. Leaves opposite, alternate or whorled, elliptic-lanceolate, serrate,5 - 11 x 2 - 4.5 cm, glandular at lower margins; nerves hairy beneath; petioles 1.5 - 5 cm long, glandular. Flowers axillary, solitary or in fascicles, pale pink or white; pedicels up to 8 cm long. Lateral sepals minute. Lip with 1.5 - 2 cm long spur. Standard ca 1.6 x 0.8 cm, larger than wings. Wings bilobed; basal lobes larger than distal ones. Capsules ellipsoid, cuspidate, ca 2.2 x 1.2 cm; seeds 7 - 11

Fl. & Fr. Aug. - Dec.

Distrib. India: W. Ghats between 1500 - 2000 m. Karnataka,Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

Chromosome no. 2n = 14. (Virendra Kumar and Subramaniam, Chr. Atlas Fl. Pl. Ind. Subc. 1: 84. 1986).