| Mysore St Johns Wort |
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| File size | 881848 |
| Original date | 11/22/06 5:48 AM |
| Resolution | 1632 x 1224 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 6.3mm |
| Exposure time | 1/640s |
| Aperture | 8.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSC-P52 |
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Botanical name: Hypericum mysurense Family: Clusiaceae (St John's Wort family)
Synonyms: Norysca mysorensis
Mysore St Johns Wort is a Hypericum native to Mysore. It is a shrub around 2m high, with mostly unbranched stems. Leaves are broadly to narrowly elliptic and almost stalkless. The leaves appear in alternately arranged opposite pairs on the stem. Beautiful yellow flowers have five petals and a tuft of long, showy stamens at the center. Flowers generally appear singly on top of erect stems.
Medicinal uses: Recent research shows that this plant is useful in suppressing herpes.
| Photographed in Western Ghats. |