| Large-Leaf Maesa |
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| Original date | 4/21/17 9:46 AM |
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| Focal length | 60.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 6.3 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D3200 |
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Botanical name: Maesa macrophylla Family: Primulaceae (Primrose family)
Synonyms: Maesa tomentosa D. Don
Synonyms: Maesa tomentosa D. Don
Large-Leaf Maesa is a large shrub, 6-14 ft tall,
with branches closely velvet-hairy. Leaves are large, ovate, elliptic
or rounded, 15-20 cm, regularly toothed, with more or less heart-shaped
base. Flowers are white, cream to yellowish, cup-shaped, borne in lax
much-branched clusters, often as long, or longer than the leaves. Berry
is pinkish-white. Large-Leaf Maesa is found in the Himalayas, from
Uttarakhand, Nepal to Bhutan. Flowering: March-April.
Medicinal uses:
Large-Leaf Maesa is known for
its use in the treatment of fevers, cough and ulcers.
Medicinal uses:
Large-Leaf Maesa is known for
its use in the treatment of fevers, cough and ulcers. | Identification credit: Saroj Kasaju | Photographed in Sourinee, Mirik, Darjeeling distt. |
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