| Oriental Gooseberry |
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| File size | 266877 |
| Original date | 6/14/14 5:59 PM |
| Resolution | 1024 x 768 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.5mm |
| Exposure time | 1/60s |
| Aperture | 2.8 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ40 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Ribes orientale Family: Grossulariaceae (Gooseberry family)
Oriental Gooseberry is a shrub 1-2 m tall, with
glandular-hairy branches. Leaves are rounded or kidney-shaped,
shallowly 3-5-lobed. Lobes are blunt, rounded-toothed, with stiff
glandular hairs. Flowers are reddish-purple, 3-5 mm long, in erect
unisexual clusters Sepals are rounded, hairy, longer than the tiny
petals. Berry is deep red, spherical. sparsely glandular-hairy, about 6
mm in diameter. Oriental Gooseberry is found in the Himalayas, from
Afghanistan to W Nepal, at altitudes of 2100-4000 m. Flowering:
May-June.
| Identification credit: Nongthombam Ullysess | Photographed in Lahaul, Himachal Pradesh. |
• Is this flower misidentified? If yes,