| Parrot's Beak |
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| Original date | 9/2/05 1:36 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 8.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/127s |
| Aperture | 3.2 |
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| Metering Mode | Partial |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | E3700 |
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Botanical name: Gmelina philippensis Family: Verbenaceae (Verbena family)
Synonyms: Gmelina hystrix
Synonyms: Gmelina hystrix
Parrot's Beak is an extraordinary round and spiny shrub, or a small tree,
3-8 m tall, with pendant branches. Rhomboid-elliptic
leaves are 5-7.5 cm long, 3-4 cm broad, entire or slightly lobed, smooth.
Exotic flowers comprised of yellow blossoms which emerge from a pendant
structure of overlapping bracts. The flower resembles parrot's beak. The
fruit is fleshy, smooth, yellow, pear-shaped, and about 2 centimeters long.
Parrot's Beak is a native of Philippine islands, commonly cultivated in
India and S.E. Asia.
Medicinal uses:
In the Philippines it is said that the juice of the
fruit is externally applied to portions of the feet affected by “alipuñga,”
a kind of eczema. The juice of the fruit is also considered anti “limatik,”
(limatik is a species of leech of the genus Haemadipsa).
Medicinal uses:
In the Philippines it is said that the juice of the
fruit is externally applied to portions of the feet affected by “alipuñga,”
a kind of eczema. The juice of the fruit is also considered anti “limatik,”
(limatik is a species of leech of the genus Haemadipsa). | Identification credit: Shaista Ahmad, Jayashree Roy, Archana Bora, Pallavi Barua | Photographed in Delhi & Amroha, Uttar Pradesh. |
• Is this flower misidentified? If yes,