| Snowflake Tree |
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| File size | 706160 |
| Original date | 3/30/24 7:50 AM |
| Resolution | 5184 x 3888 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 35.7mm |
| Exposure time | 1/60s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | COOLPIX A900 |
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Botanical name: Trevesia palmata Family: Araliaceae (Ivy family)
Synonyms: Gastonia palmata, Gilibertia palmata
Synonyms: Gastonia palmata, Gilibertia palmata
Snowflake Tree is an unbranched small tree, 3-8 m
tall, with short prickles on the stem. Leaves are large, 30-60 cm
across, deeply palmately divided or cut, lobes long pointed, toothed.
Leaf stalks are 60-80 cm long. Flowers are small, yellowish in roundish
umbels which are arranged in panicles at the ends of branches. They
look like snowflakes on the tree, inspiring its common name. Fruit is
1.6 cm long, ovoid. This tree is used medicinally and as an
ornamental. Snowflake Tree is found in E. Himalayas, from Nepal to
Assam, Burma, W. China, Malaya, at altitudes of 250-2500 m.
| Identification credit: Nongthombam Ullysess | Photographed in Langol, Manipur & Kalimpong, West Bengal. |
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