| Himalayan Maharanga |
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| Focal length | 175.0mm |
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| Camera model | NIKON D5300 |
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Botanical name: Maharanga emodi Family: Boraginaceae (Forget-me-not family)
Synonyms: Onosma emodi, Maharanga wallichiana, Onosma vestita
Synonyms: Onosma emodi, Maharanga wallichiana, Onosma vestita
Himalayan Maharanga is a perennial herb with stems
15-45 cm. Flowers ranging from red, purple, to blue on the same plant,
ovoid and distinctly narrower at the mouth, are borne in rounded
nodding heads which become flat-topped in fruit. Flowers are
urn-shaped, about 9 mm long, petals triangular, recurved, style longer.
Sepal-cup is fused below into a short tube which widens in fruit,
sepals long-bristly, little shorter than the finely hairy flower-tube.
Lower leaves are inverted-lanceshaped, up to 15 cm, rough hairy, the
upper elliptic, shorter. Nutlets are ovoid, rough. Himalayan Maharanga
is found on rocks, open slopes, in the Himalayas, from Uttarakhand to
SE Tibet, at altitudes of 2200-4500 m. Flowering: June-September.
Medicinal uses:
Cooling, laxative,
anthelmintic, alexiphannic; good in diseases of the eye, derangements
of the blood, bronchitis, abdominal pain, fevers, wounds, piles. Root
is used for hair dye and coloring.
Medicinal uses:
Cooling, laxative,
anthelmintic, alexiphannic; good in diseases of the eye, derangements
of the blood, bronchitis, abdominal pain, fevers, wounds, piles. Root
is used for hair dye and coloring. | Identification credit: Sunit Singh, Ashok Meena | Photographed in PandavSera, Madhmaheshwar, Uttarakhand. |
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