| Five-Leaf Cinquefoil |
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| Original date | 7/10/19 1:27 PM |
| Resolution | 2000 x 1500 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.3mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 3.4 |
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| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | COOLPIX A900 |
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Botanical name: Potentilla sundaica Family: Rosaceae (Rose family)
Synonyms: Potentilla kleiniana, Potentilla reptans var. trifoliolata, Fragaria sundaica
Synonyms: Potentilla kleiniana, Potentilla reptans var. trifoliolata, Fragaria sundaica
Five-Leaf Cinquefoil is an annual, biennial or
perennial prostrate herb with small flowers, arranged in many flowered,
branch-end cymes, 6-8 mm across. It is named for Sunda Islands near
Indonesia, where it was probably first found. Petals are small, 3-3.5
mm long, yellow. Sepals are sparsely hairy, outer sepals oblong-ovate,
blunt, entire or divided, inner a little longer, ovate, pointed.
Stamens are about 20. Carpels numerous, attached on the swollen, nearly
hairless receptacle. Stem is prostrate at the base, velvet-hairy.
Basal leaves are 5-fold digitate, leaf-stalks slender, 5-25 cm. long,
hairy. Leaflets are obovate-wedge-shaped, 1.5-3 cm long, 15-25 bluntly
sawtoothed-toothed, upper surface sparsely hairy to hairless, lower
surface adpressed hairy usually on the veins. Achenes are small,
ridged. Five-Leaf Cinquefoil is found in the Himalayas, from Kashmir to
NE India, Western Ghats, Ceylon, China, Java, at alitudes of 1000-2200
m.
Medicinal uses:
The plant is astringent,
depurative and febrifuge. The whole plant is decocted and used in the
treatment of colds, influenza, sore throat etc.
Medicinal uses:
The plant is astringent,
depurative and febrifuge. The whole plant is decocted and used in the
treatment of colds, influenza, sore throat etc. | Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed in Ukhrul district, Manipur. |
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