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| Original date | 11/30/19 10:51 AM |
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| Focal length | 60.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
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| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D3200 |
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Botanical name: Dracaena angustifolia Family: Asparagaceae (Asparagus family)
Synonyms: Dracaena fruticosa, Sansevieria flexuosa, Pleomele fruticosa
Synonyms: Dracaena fruticosa, Sansevieria flexuosa, Pleomele fruticosa
Narrow-Leaf Dragon Tree is an evergreen shrubby plant
with a rhizome, producing stems 1-3 m tall with no or few branches. The
stems are around 4 cm in diameter. Leaves are 15-25 long, 2-3 cm wide.
The yellowish flowers are about 2 cm long. They are borne at
branch-ends, in branched cluster 30-50 cm. Flowers are in clusters of 2
or 3; flower-stalk about 7-8 mm, jointed distally or near tip, perianth
greenish white, about 1.9-2.3 cm; tube about 7-8 mm, tepals 1.1-1.6 cm;
filaments thread-like; anthers about 2-3 mm; style 5-8 times as long as
ovary. Berry is about 0.8-1.2 cm in diameter, orange, spherical. Very
young leaves are cooked and eaten as a side dish with rice. The leaves
can be pounded then mixed with water to give a green juice that is used
for coloring an Indian pastry made of glutinous rice. Narrow-Leaf
Dragon Tree is native to East Himalaya, China, SE Asia and Australia.
Flowering: March-May.
Medicinal uses:
The juice squeezed from the
boiled leaves is drunk as a remedy for asthma and shortness of breath.
A decoction of the leaves is given to people suffering weight loss and
poor appetite.
Medicinal uses:
The juice squeezed from the
boiled leaves is drunk as a remedy for asthma and shortness of breath.
A decoction of the leaves is given to people suffering weight loss and
poor appetite. | Identification credit: J.M. Garg, Tapas Chakrabarty | Photographed in Kalimpong, West Bengal. |
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