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| File size | 182739 |
| Original date | 11/29/13 5:10 PM |
| Resolution | x |
| Flash | Flash fired |
| Focal length | 3.5mm |
| Exposure time | 1/35s |
| Aperture | 2.4 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | Micromax |
| Camera model | Micromax A110Q |
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Botanical name: Oligochaeta divaricata Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
Synonyms: Oligochaeta ramosa, Amberboa ramosa, Carduus ramosus
Synonyms: Oligochaeta ramosa, Amberboa ramosa, Carduus ramosus
Branched Sweet-Sultan is an annual straggling herb,
dichotomously branched, spreading; branches 2.5-5 cm long, angled,
smooth or rough. Leaves are usually oblong or obovate, entire, toothed
or pinnately cut, 2.5-5 x 0.6-1.5 cm; lobes with a short sharp point,
often wavy or crisped. Flower-heads are about 1.2 cm across, pink.
Involucral bracts are ovate, with long spreading or recurved spinescent
awns, glabrate, reddish; spines about 6 - 8 mm long, smooth.
Receptacular bristles short. Flowers are about 1.2 cm long, straight,
pale purple. Achenes are narrow about 5 mm long, 4 - 5-angled, grooved
and dotted between angles. Pappus silvery brown about 1.2 cm long.
Branched Sweet-Sultan is found on dry stony ground and sandy river
banks, upto 1000 m, in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh,
Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Pakistan and
Afghanistan. Flowering: April-December.
Medicinal uses:
Branched Sweet-Sultan is used
as tonic, aperient, deobstruent, febrifuge, slightly mucilaginous and
used in coughs.
Medicinal uses:
Branched Sweet-Sultan is used
as tonic, aperient, deobstruent, febrifuge, slightly mucilaginous and
used in coughs. | Identification credit: Dhananjay Rawool | Photographed in Dariba & Kumbhalgad, Rajasthan. |
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