| Chinese Wax-Leaf Climber |
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| Original date | 7/26/20 4:52 PM |
| Resolution | 3264 x 2448 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 7.4mm |
| Exposure time | 1/40s |
| Aperture | 3.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ35 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Cryptolepis sinensis Family: Apocynaceae (Oleander family)
Synonyms: Cryptolepis elegans, Cryptolepis pauciflora, Pergularia sinensis
Synonyms: Cryptolepis elegans, Cryptolepis pauciflora, Pergularia sinensis
Chinese Wax-Leaf Climber is a slender climber, with
leaves oblong to linear oblong, 4.2-6 x 1.4-3 cm. Flower tube is 4-5
mm long; petals 1.1-1.5 cm long, curved and twisted often recurved.
Corona scales are tiny 1 mm long, not noticeable.
Flower-cluster-stalks are 1.5-3 cm long, branches 1-2 cm; flower-stalks
8-17 mm, sepals about 2 x 1.5 mm. Flowers are borne in few flowered
cymes, which are very laxly branched. Branches are without persistant
scaly bracts, very slender. Leaves have tip blunt apiculate to
tapering, base blunt flat, rarely heart-shaped, veins not so numerous
and parallel, somewhat leathery; leaf-stalks 8-10 mm, very slender.
Seed-pods are long and slender, 13-17 x 0.7 cm, without 2 lateral
flangs. Chinese Wax-Leaf Climber is native to E. Himalaya to
Philippines. A fine, strong bast fiber, obtained from the inner bark,
is used for making ropes. Flowering: June-July.
Medicinal uses:
The stems and leaves are used
externally for the treatment of snake bites, traumatic injury, and
scabies.
Medicinal uses:
The stems and leaves are used
externally for the treatment of snake bites, traumatic injury, and
scabies. | Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed in Imphal, Manipur. |
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