| Wool-Flower Blumea |
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| File size | 549563 |
| Original date | 1/19/21 4:39 PM |
| Resolution | 4800 x 3200 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 90.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/400s |
| Aperture | 6.3 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D7100 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Blumea eriantha Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
Wool-Flower Blumea is an erect unbranched herb, up to
50 cm high with stems reddish, sparsely hairy. Leaves are 3-6 x 1-2 cm,
elliptic to obovate, tapering at base, rough above. Flower-heads are 6
x7 mm, borne at branch-ends in congested leafy panicles, carried on
flower-cluster-stalks 5 mm long. Bracts are 6 x 0.5 mm, lanceshaped,
tapering, brown; outer smaller, velvet-hairy. Bisexual flowers are few,
central; florets 4 mm long, sparsely hairy; lobes velvet-hairy. Achene
are 1 mm long, ribbed, sparsely hairy; pappus 4 mm long, brownish.
Wool-Flower Blumea is native to India and Nepal. Flowering: November-April.
Medicinal uses:
Paste of leaf of Wool-Flower Blumea are used for cuts and wounds.
The essential oil extracted from the leaves and stem show potent
antibacterial, antifungal and insecticidal properties. This plant has
been traditionally used as a diuretic and also for the treatment of
cholera and diarrhea.
Medicinal uses:
Paste of leaf of Wool-Flower Blumea are used for cuts and wounds.
The essential oil extracted from the leaves and stem show potent
antibacterial, antifungal and insecticidal properties. This plant has
been traditionally used as a diuretic and also for the treatment of
cholera and diarrhea.
| Identification credit: Sushant More | Photographed in Maharashtra. |
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