| Clustered Sapphire Berry |
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| File size | 2215152 |
| Original date | 4/9/09 1:54 PM |
| Resolution | 2560 x 1920 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.6mm |
| Exposure time | 1/100s |
| Aperture | 3.2 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ18 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Symplocos glomerata Family: Symplocaceae (Saphire-berry family)
Clustered Sapphire berry is a shrub or small tree, growing up to 5 m tall.
Leaves are lance-shaped, long-pointed, gland-toothed on margins, leathery,
midrib impressed from above, nerves prominent on the underside. Leaf stalk
is glandular. Yellowish-white flowers, 4 mm across, are borne in dense
clusters in leaf axils. Bracts and bracteoles are ovate, somewhat woolly-
haired. Flowers have 5 spreading petals, and 25 stamens. Fruit is
cylindric, smooth, with the sepal-rim on top. Clustered Sapphire-berry is
found in the Himalayas, from E. Nepal to SW China, at altitudes of
1800-2500 m. Flowering: April-May.
| Identification credit: Nongthombam Ullysess | Photographed in Fambong Lho Wildlife Sanctuary, Sikkim. |
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