| East-Himalayan Dalhousiea |
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| File size | 242246 |
| Original date | 5/31/19 11:55 AM |
| Resolution | 5184 x 3888 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.3mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 3.4 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | COOLPIX A900 |
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Botanical name: Dalhousiea bracteata Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Synonyms: Dalhousiea paucisperma, Podalyria bracteata
Synonyms: Dalhousiea paucisperma, Podalyria bracteata
East-Himalayan Dalhousiea is a climbing shrub with
round, gray-woolly, becoming hairless, branches. Leaf-stalks are
2.5-7.5 cm, leaves simple, somewhat leathery, hairless, oblong pointed,
10-30 cm long. Flowers are borne in ample at branch-end panicles with
few-flowered, nearly corymb-like branches reaching down among the
leaves. Bracts are large round, channeled. Bracteoles are similar, but
larger, completely hiding the flowers. Calyx is silky. Flowers are
snow-white, much longer than the calyx. Pods are rigidly leathery,
hairless, 5-1-0 cm long. East-Himalayan Dalhousiea is found in Eastern
Himalaya, Bangladesh and Myanmar. Flowering: May-June.
Medicinal uses:
Leaves paste applied on fresh
cuts. Ritual, ceremonial, piece of bark used for divination, to
determine the cause of diseases.
Medicinal uses:
Leaves paste applied on fresh
cuts. Ritual, ceremonial, piece of bark used for divination, to
determine the cause of diseases. | Identification credit: Saroj Kasaju, Paradesi Anjaneyulu | Photographed in Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh |
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