| Indian Paper Plant |
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| File size | 111874 |
| Original date | 11/2/08 12:18 PM |
| Resolution | 2592 x 1944 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto, red-eye reduction |
| Focal length | 5.8mm |
| Exposure time | 1/40s |
| Aperture | 2.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot A530 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Daphne papyracea Family: Thymelaeaceae (Daphne family)
Synonyms: Daphne cannabina, Daphne odora
Synonyms: Daphne cannabina, Daphne odora
Indian Paper Plant is an evergreen shrub, growing up to 2 m tall. Stem are
hairless, but the younger shoots are velvety. Leaves are scattered,
elliptic-oblong to lance-shaped, 6-14 cm long, 2-3 cm broad, glaucous,
leathery, nearly stalkless. Flowers are white, stalkless, borne in
clusters of 4-9 at the end of branches. Bracts just below the flowers are
5-7, ovate, about 1.4 mm long. Sepal cup is 1 cm long, tubular, velvety.
Sepals are 4, about 4 mm long, ovate, spreading outwards. Stamens are 8,
not protruding out. Fruit is about 1 cm long, ovoid, dark red, succulent.
In Nepal and Kumaon, paper is made of the inner fibrous bark.
Flowering: November-April.
| Identification credit: Navendu Pāgé | Photographed in Mussoorie, Dhanaulti & Ranikhet, Uttarakhand. |
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