| Kumaon Darunaj |
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| File size | 134527 |
| Original date | 8/5/11 5:31 PM |
| Resolution | 800 x 600 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.5mm |
| Exposure time | 1/320s |
| Aperture | 3.1 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | COOLPIX L120 |
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Botanical name: Doronicum kamaonense Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
Synonyms: Doronicum roylei, Fullartonia kamaonensis
Synonyms: Doronicum roylei, Fullartonia kamaonensis
Kumaon Darunaj is a rather stout erect perennial,
flower-heads several, smaller 1.5-4 cm across, with very numerous long
ray-florets, in a lax cluster borne on prominently glandular-hairy
stalks, which are swollen at the tip. Ray-florets are yellow, 5-12 mm;
involucral bracts lanceshaped, glandular-hairy. Leaves are broadly
ovate pointed 8-12 cm, shallowly toothed, upper leaves stem-clasping,
with enlarged basal lobes, the lower leaves long-stalked; stem 2-4 ft.
Kumaon Darunaj is found in the Himalayas, from Pakistan to Bhutan, at
altitudes of 3000-3600 m, quite common in West Himalaya. Flowering:
June-August.
Medicinal uses:
Kumaon Darunaj is used
medicinally. It is said to prevent altitude sickness, giddiness.
Medicinal uses:
Kumaon Darunaj is used
medicinally. It is said to prevent altitude sickness, giddiness. | Identification credit: Gurcharan Singh | Photographed in Pangi, Himachal Pradesh. |
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