| Himalayan Jade Vine |
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| File size | 193596 |
| Original date | 8/13/13 9:53 AM |
| Resolution | 800 x 600 |
| Flash | Flash fired |
| Focal length | 24.9mm |
| Exposure time | 1/639s |
| Aperture | 4.5 |
| Focus Distance | 0.0m |
| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | FUJIFILM |
| Camera model | FinePix HS35EXR |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Mucuna imbricata Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Synonyms: Carpopogon imbricatus, Stizolobium imbricatum, Mucuna yadaviana
Synonyms: Carpopogon imbricatus, Stizolobium imbricatum, Mucuna yadaviana
Himalayan Jade Vine is a large woody twiner, leaflets
ovate or rhombic 10-15 x 5-10 cm, pointed, with a short sharp point,
base rounded or wedge-shaped, hairless or with a few fine brown appressed
hairs. Infloresence 5-20cm, bracts persistent, broadly ovate, 2.5-3
x 2-2.5 cm. Sepal-cup tube is broadly bell-shaped, 1 x 2 cm, teeth triangular
5-14-6 mm, with few irritating bristles. Petals are dull purple,
standard 3-3.5 cm, wings and keel 5 cm. Pods are 10-15 cm long, 5 cm broad,
covered with oblique
lamellae, T or Y-shaped in section all interrupted near midline to leave
a longitudinal gap crossed by none, each suture with 2 marginal wings
10mm broad, wings and lamellae sparsely covered with brown irritant
bristels. Himalayan Jade Vine is found in the Himalayas,
at altitudes of 600-1200 m, South India, SE Asia,
Malaysia, China. Flowering: July-October.
| Identification credit: D.S Rawat | Photographed in Chakrata, Uttarakhand & Nurpur, Himachal Pradesh. |
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