| Mountain Orange |
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| File size | 72238 |
| Original date | 12/15/19 12:55 PM |
| Resolution | 640 x 480 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 160.35mm |
| Exposure time | 1/100s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ70 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Melodinus cochinchinensis Family: Apocynaceae (Oleander family)
Synonyms: Melodinus khasianus, Nerium piscidium, Wrightia piscidia
Synonyms: Melodinus khasianus, Nerium piscidium, Wrightia piscidia
Mountain Orange is a stout, large climber, up to 10 m,
hairless except for inflorescences. Flowers are white, pinwheel shaped;
tube about 6 mm, hairy except at base; petals ovate, about 3.5 mm;
corona large, lobes 2-cleft, hairy, style about 3 mm. Flower-stalks are
short, sepals round or broadly elliptic, about 2 mm, fringed with
hairs. Flowers are borne in panicle-like cymes, at branch-ends,
3-branched, 4-5.5 cm, minutely hairy. Branches are dark brown.
Leaf-stalks are 6-10 mm; leaf blade elliptic or narrowly so, 6-19 X
2.2-6.5 cm, papery, base wedge-shaped, tip pointed or tapering.
Berries are narrowly ellipsoid, about 9 x 5 cm. Mountain Orange is
found in montain forests, at altitudes of 800-2800 m, in S Yunnan,
Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, and East Himalaya. Flowering: April-May.
Medicinal uses:
In China, the fruit are used
to treat infantile meningitis and fractures.
Medicinal uses:
In China, the fruit are used
to treat infantile meningitis and fractures. | Identification credit: J.M. Garg | Photographed in Lalbagh Botanical Gardens, Bangalore. |
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