| Kashmir Aralia |
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| File size | 107816 |
| Original date | 7/2/11 10:31 AM |
| Resolution | 696 x 522 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 70.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSLR-A100 |
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Botanical name: Aralia cachemirica Family: Araliaceae (Ivy family)
Synonyms: Aralia macrophylla
Synonyms: Aralia macrophylla
Kashmir Aralia is a perennial herb, 1.5-3 m tall.
Leaves are compound, carried on 4.5-15 cm long stalks. Leaflets are
mostly 5 (often 3-7), 4-15.5 cm long, ovate, toothed, tip long-pointed,
hairless. Lower leaflets are stalked, upper stalkless. Flowers are
borne in umbels in leaf axils are in panicles on branch ends. Bract
and bractlet are 1-2 mm long, lanceshaped. Flower stalked are bristly.
Sepal cup is toothed, persistent. Petals are ovate, stamens 5,
filaments longer than the petals, broader at the base and alternating
with the petals; anthers about 1 mm long. Styles are 5, united at the
base, persistent. Ovary is 5-chambered. Fruit is a 5-angled drupe, 2-3
mm long and about 3 mm in diameter. Kashmir Aralia is endemic to the NW
Himalayas, at altitudes of 1700-4700 m. Flowering: June-October.
| Identification credit: Gurcharan Singh | Photographed in Herbal Garden below Chashmeshahi, Kashmir. |
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