| Himalayan Wayfaring Tree |
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| File size | 217658 |
| Original date | 4/6/12 11:56 AM |
| Resolution | 1400 x 1050 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 74.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/640s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ40 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Viburnum cotinifolium Family: Viburnaceae (Viburnum family)
Himalayan Wayfaring Tree is a spreading shrub growing up to 3 m, found
high in the Himalayas. Flowers are 6-8 mm
long, borne in stalked, corymb-like cymes; branches of inflorescence woody.
Bracts are 5-6 mm long, linear, narrow. Flowers are white, shortly bell-shaped;
tube 5.5 mm long. Stamen filaments are unequal, 3 attached above, 2 below near
the base of flower tube. The flowers are followed by bright scarlet berries,
8-9 mm long, oblong, compressed. Ripe fruit is eaten, it is sweetish.
Leaves are 5-12 x 3-6 cm, ovate or round, entire, rounded toothed or wavy,
lateral nerves 5-6 pairs, obliquely bifurcating halfway between midrib and
edge of leaf, prominent beneath; leaf-stalk 1-2.5 cm long.
Leaves are white-woolly beneath.
Himalayan Wayfaring Tree is found in the Himalayas, from Kashmir to
Bhutan, at altitudes of 2100-3600 m. Flowering: March-May.
| Identification credit: Nongthombam Ullysess, Thingnam Rajshree | Photographed in Dhanaulti, Uttarakhand. |
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