Impatiens Plant

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  1. Karenmm

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    My vigorously growing and flowering impatiens plant has grains that look and taste like sugar on the leaf stems. What is this about?
     
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    Hello. My plant, which Im still not sure what it is yet, has the same thing on its leaves. Looks like grains of sugar, and. I didnt taste them so I dunno if they're sweet, but thats interesting. I posted looking for someone to tell me what my plant is. So far the only answer I got was Impatiens, but Im not sure.What do you think it looks like?
     

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    It looks and TASTES like sugar. Every impatens I've had does this. I think it IS a form of sugar, and some clever industrialist/inventor could probably make a fortune, if they could figure out how to extract it.
     
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    Could it be dried-out drops of nectar that have fallen from the flowers?
     
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