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- According to a study published by the Botanical Survey of India, between 2010 and 2019,botanists and taxonomists has discovered 23 new species of Balsams from the eastern Himalayas.
- Balsams are commonly known as jewel weeds because of diverse colour of their flowers.
- They are distributed throughout the Eastern Himalayas and the Western Ghats, Sri Lanka, South East Asia, Africa and Madagascar.
- Their genus is called Impatiens signifying impatient nature of their fruits which explode when touched.India is home to more than 230 balsam species.
- They are highly sensitive to climatic conditions like extreme drought and extended exposure to sunlight.
- As a result Balsams are typically confined to stream margins, moist roadsides, waterside boulders, near waterfalls and wet forests.



