| Smooth Parameria |
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| File size | 129331 |
| Original date | 1/18/14 12:50 PM |
| Resolution | 900 x 675 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.5mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 2.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSC-W570 |
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Botanical name: Parameria laevigata Family: Apocynaceae (Oleander family)
Synonyms: Echites barbatus,
Synonyms: Echites barbatus,
Smooth Parameria is a large climbing shrub with milky
latex. Leaves are opposite, elliptic to oblong-elliptic, pointed to
rounded at base, entire, bluntly tapering at tip, leathery. Flowers are
borne in leaf-axils and at branch-ends, in di- or trichotomously
branched umbel-like cymes aggregated into panicles. Flowers are white,
fragrant, flat-faced with a narrow tube about 2 mm long, hairless.
Petals are 5, round, stamens 5, inserted at the base of flower tube;
filaments short; anthers more or less arrow shaped. Fruits are
follicles, paired, monilliform, 15-35 cm long, narrow. Smooth Parameria
is found in Andaman & Nicobar, Combodia, Malesia, Philippines.
Medicinal uses:
All parts of Smooth Parameria
are used to treat rheumatism, nephritis, and injury.
Flowering: December-February.
Medicinal uses:
All parts of Smooth Parameria
are used to treat rheumatism, nephritis, and injury.
Flowering: December-February.| Identification credit: Joju P. Alappatt | Photographed in Wrightmyo, South Andaman, Andaman & Nicobar. |
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