| East-Himalayan Sumac |
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| File size | 915830 |
| Original date | 4/5/17 7:21 AM |
| Resolution | 5184 x 3888 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto, red-eye reduction |
| Focal length | 24.2mm |
| Exposure time | 1/60s |
| Aperture | 5.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | COOLPIX B700 |
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Botanical name: Toxicodendron hookeri Family: Anacardiaceae (Cashew family)
Synonyms: Toxicodendron insigne, Rhus hookeri, Rhus insignis
Synonyms: Toxicodendron insigne, Rhus hookeri, Rhus insignis
East-Himalayan Sumac is a tree 6-8 m tall; branchlets
ferruginous woolly. Leaf-stalk is 10-14 cm, warty, leaf blade
compound; leaflets 7-9, opposite. Leaflet blade is elliptic or oblong,
14-23 x 6-9 cm, lateal veins 20-35 pairs. Flowers are borne in
panicles, 20-35 cm, hairless to sparsely velvet-hairy;
flower-cluster-stalk 6-10 cm. Flower-stalks are about 1 mm, ferruginous
velvet-hairy. Sepals are broadly ovate, about 0.5 mm. Petals are
oblong, about 2 mm. Stamens are equal to petals in length; filaments
subulate, about 1 mm. Drupe is spherical, 4-5 mm in diameter, yellow
and lucid at maturity. East-Himalayan Sumac is found in the Himalayas, from
Nepal to NE India, at altitudes of 1600-2000 m.
| Identification credit: Momang Taram | Photographed at Komkar, Upper Siang, Arunachal Pradesh. |
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