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| File size | 437695 |
| Original date | 9/6/08 6:04 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash fired, auto |
| Focal length | 19.2mm |
| Exposure time | 1/60s |
| Aperture | 5.3 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | COOLPIX L3 |
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Botanical name: Alstonia macrophylla Family: Apocynaceae (Oleander family)
Batino is common in forests and thickets at low and medium altitudes in
many parts of South-East Asia. It was introduced in India and Sri Lanka.
It is a medium-sized evergreen tree. The leaves are in whorls of three,
oblong-obovate, 10-30 cm long, 5-7 cm wide, pointed at both ends, and
short-stalked. The flowers are small, yellowish-white, and borne on short
cymes at the end of branches. The sepal cup is small. The flowers consist
of a 1-1.5 cm long tube, opening into 5 pure-white petals. The fruit is a
double follicle, pendant, very long, and slender, being 20-40 cm long. The
seeds are small and very flat, with deep-brown, especially along the edges.
Medicinal uses:
In Philippines the bark, in the form of powder, decoction, infusion, tincture, or wine preparation, is used as a febrifuge, a tonic, an antiperiodic, and antidysenteric.
Medicinal uses:
In Philippines the bark, in the form of powder, decoction, infusion, tincture, or wine preparation, is used as a febrifuge, a tonic, an antiperiodic, and antidysenteric. Identification credit: Narendra Joshi
| Photographed in Mumbai. |