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RE: Origins again...

I am also intersted in what it does as a dye plant given its name
"tinctoria" Any ideas?
I have discoved that some Impatiens are used by the Chinese for pain.
When my wife sprained her ankle some time ago I put her foot in a decoction
of the herb.
 it worked very well.
in fact it anesthetised her foot completly!
Any chance of tinctoria seeds?
Michael Bailes
At 11:41 AM +1000 12/7/98, Tim Dutton wrote:
>Hi David
>
>Phillips and Rix, in Perennials Volume 2, say that Impatiens tinctoria
>comes from Central Africa in Eastern Zaire, Southern Sudan, Ethiopia and
>Northern Uganda. It grows in damp mountain forests, shrub-filled gullies,
>by streams and on shady banks at 750-3000m. In the wild it flowers in
>January and in April to November, but they say it flowers in August to
>October in gardens in Britain. It is hardy down to -10oC and is long-lived.
>
>Sounds like just the thing for my garden. I wonder if it is available in
>New Zealand?
>
>Tim Dutton
>"Raindrops", Main Road North, Kaitoke, Upper Hutt, New Zealand
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From:	David Poole [SMTP:dave-poole@ilsham.demon.co.uk]
>Sent:	Saturday, July 11, 1998 7:43 PM
>To:	medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
>Subject:	Origins again...
>
>I'm once more stumped on the origin of a plant.  This time it is
>Impatiens tinctoria -  a fairly large growing 'balsam' with very showy
>white, long spurred flowers, each with conspicuous maroon central
>markings.  I cannot find any reference to it, although it is certainly
>well worth growing.   If anyone can help, I'll be my usual, gushingly
>grateful self :)
>
>TIA
>
>Dave Poole


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