| Mountain Soldierbush |
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| File size | 713926 |
| Original date | 4/7/21 12:10 PM |
| Resolution | 4000 x 3000 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.8mm |
| Exposure time | 1/60s |
| Aperture | 2.8 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ35 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Tournefortia montana Family: Boraginaceae (Forget-me-not family)
Synonyms: Tournefortia candollei, Tournefortia heyneana, Tournefortia boniana
Synonyms: Tournefortia candollei, Tournefortia heyneana, Tournefortia boniana
Mountain Soldierbush is a climbing shrub, 1-2 m tall;
branchlets velvet-hairy. Leaf-stalk are 5-10 mm; leaf blade lanceshaped
to ovate-lanceshaped, sometimes oblong, 8-14 x 1.5-4 cm, sparsely
bristly, base blunt to rounded to somewhat heart-shaped, tip tapering
to with a tail-pointed. Inflorescences terminating leafy branches, with
sparse branches, 2-15 × 4-10 cm, bristly. Flowers are unilateral,
stalkless. Sepal-cup parted to middle or slightly below, about 2 mm,
bristly; lobes lanceshaped to triangular-lanceshaped. Flower-tube is
about 6 mm long. with white lobes. Stigma is stalkless at tip of
spherical ovary. Fruit is nearly spherical, about 5 mm in diameter.
Mountain Soldierbush is found from E. Himalaya to China (Yunnan) and
Indo-China.
Medicinal uses:
In Manipur, infusion of roots is for used for bathing convalescing babies.
Medicinal uses:
In Manipur, infusion of roots is for used for bathing convalescing babies.
| Identification credit: Paradesi Anjaneyulu, Surajit Koley | Photographed in Leimaram, Manipur. |
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