Impatiens sodenii (Kenya/ Cultivated- Australia/ USA)

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Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa (Gauteng, Mpulamanga), Ecuador (I), Mexico (I), Costa Rica (I), Panama (I), Honduras (I), Canary Isl. (I) (Gran Canaria (I),Tenerife (I)), Hawaii (I) (Kauai (I) (Koke`e (I)), East Maui (I)) as per Catalogue of Life;
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Poor man’s Rhododendron;
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A small, ornamental, cultivated balsam seen in Nairobi during visit in Jan,2009.

Id please.

Your plant is another species from East Africa – Impatiens sodenii

I am able to recognize I. sodenii as this is commonly cultivated plant in warmer regions.

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Plants From Australia 2018:: Impatiens sodenii-NS April 2020-59 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4)

This one is from RBG, Melbourne..
Impatiens sodenii…

East African Impatiens sodenii, cultivated as ornamental in warmer areas. There are white and rosa forms, some have darker markings. One of not so many shrubby balsams. Invasive in New Zealand.

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Impatiens sodenii from California: 2 images.
Impatiens sodenii Engl. & Warb.

Photographed from Santa Cruz, California, USA, 27-10-2017.

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