| Himalayan Pear |
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| File size | 537499 |
| Original date | 10/4/10 2:08 PM |
| Resolution | 2560 x 1920 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 82.8mm |
| Exposure time | 1/500s |
| Aperture | 6.3 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ18 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Pyrus pashia Family: Rosaceae (Rose family)
Synonyms: Pyrus kumaoni, Pyrus nepalensis
Synonyms: Pyrus kumaoni, Pyrus nepalensis
Himalayan Pear is a small or medium-sized deciduous tree, found in the
Himalayas. It is also cultivated for its fruit. Leaves are ovate to
broadly lance-shaped, long-pointed, toothed, hairless and shining. Leaves
are 5-10 cm long, those on sucker shoots are often 3-5-lobed. Young leaves
are white-woolly. Flowers are 2-2.5 cm across, with white obovate petals
with darker veins. Sepal cup is urn-shaped with spreading white-woolly
sepals. Fruit is round, 1.3-2.5 cm, dark brown, covered with raised pores.
Fruit is edible when half-rotten. Himalayan Pear is found in the
Himalayas, from Afghanistan to SW China and Burma, at altitudes of
750-2700 m. Flowering: March-April.
| Identification credit: Nongthombam Ullysess | Photographed at Surkanda Devi, Dhanaulti, Uttarakhand & Rajouri, J&K. |
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