| East-Himalayan Blueberry |
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| File size | 193840 |
| Original date | 6/2/18 7:26 AM |
| Resolution | 1024 x 768 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.6mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 4.5 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ18 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Vaccinium griffithianum Family: Ericaceae (Blueberry family)
Synonyms: Thibaudia camelifolia, Vaccinium eberhardtii
Synonyms: Thibaudia camelifolia, Vaccinium eberhardtii
East-Himalayan Blueberry is an erect shrub, 6 ft.
tall, branches hairless, velvet-hairy towards the extremities. Leaves
are small, elliptic-lanceshaped, 3 cm by 6-8 mm, minutely sharply
toothed, leaf-stalk very short, often velvet-hairy. White flowers are
borne in racemes minutely velvet-hairy, bracts leaf-like persistent.
Flowers are ovoid, 5 mm by 2.5 mm, hairless outside. Flower-stalks are
3-6 mm; bracts 1.2 cm, some of the upper often persistent in fruit.
Calyx-teeth are 1.5 mm, often glandular-finely toothed. Berry is 5 mm
in diameter, spherical, edible. East-Himalayan Blueberry is found in
Eastern Himalaya, in NE states, Bhutan and SW China, Myanmar, Thailand,
Vietnam, at altitudes of 1000-2500 m. Flowering: April-May.
| Identification credit: Subhasis Panda | Photographed at Shirui hill, Ukhrul distt, Manipur. |
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