| Wool-Flower Knob-Bush |
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| File size | 549563 |
| Original date | 1/19/21 4:39 PM |
| Resolution | 4800 x 3200 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 90.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/400s |
| Aperture | 6.3 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D7100 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Blumea eriantha Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
Wool-Flower Knob-Bush is an erect unbranched herb, up to
50 cm high with stems reddish, sparsely hairy. Leaves are 3-6 x 1-2 cm,
elliptic to obovate, tapering at base, rough above. Flower-heads are 6
x7 mm, borne at branch-ends in congested leafy panicles, carried on
flower-cluster-stalks 5 mm long. Bracts are 6 x 0.5 mm, lanceshaped,
tapering, brown; outer smaller, velvet-hairy. Bisexual flowers are few,
central; florets 4 mm long, sparsely hairy; lobes velvet-hairy. Achene
are 1 mm long, ribbed, sparsely hairy; pappus 4 mm long, brownish.
Wool-Flower Knob-Bush is native to India and Nepal. Flowering: November-April.
Medicinal uses:
Paste of leaf of Wool-Flower Knob-Bush are used for cuts and wounds.
The essential oil extracted from the leaves and stem show potent
antibacterial, antifungal and insecticidal properties. This plant has
been traditionally used as a diuretic and also for the treatment of
cholera and diarrhea.
Medicinal uses:
Paste of leaf of Wool-Flower Knob-Bush are used for cuts and wounds.
The essential oil extracted from the leaves and stem show potent
antibacterial, antifungal and insecticidal properties. This plant has
been traditionally used as a diuretic and also for the treatment of
cholera and diarrhea.
| Identification credit: Sushant More | Photographed in Maharashtra. |
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