| Khasi Swallow-Root |
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| Original date | 10/2/11 2:21 PM |
| Resolution | 4928 x 3264 |
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| Focal length | 75.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 5.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D7000 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Decalepis khasiana Family: Apocynaceae (Oleander family)
Synonyms: Stelmacrypton khasianum, Pentanura khasiana, Periploca khasiana
Synonyms: Stelmacrypton khasianum, Pentanura khasiana, Periploca khasiana
Khasi Swallow-Root is a large climber up to 10 m.
Flowers are tiny, yellow-green, about 6 mm wide, velvet-hairy; lobes
ovate. Corona lobes ovate. Flower-stalks are about 2 mm. Sepals are
broadly ovate, hairless. Flower clusters are shorter than leaves, 4- or
5-flowered, carried on flower-cluster-stalk about 5 mm. Branchlets are
warty, velvet-hairy when young. Leaf-stalks are about 5 mm; leaf blade
reddish, oblong-elliptic to elliptic-ovate, 7-17 x 2.5-8 cm, somewhat
leathery, hairless, base wedge-shaped, tip pointed or short tapering;
lateral veins about 7 pairs. Follicles are paired, oblong-elliptic, 5-9
x about 2 cm, hairless. Khasi Swallow-Root is found in bushland,
forests, in NE India, Myanmar to China. Flowering: May-September.
Medicinal uses:
All parts are used medicinally
for bronchitis, cough, and epidemic influenza. The roots yield an
aromatic oil.
Medicinal uses:
All parts are used medicinally
for bronchitis, cough, and epidemic influenza. The roots yield an
aromatic oil. | Identification credit: M. Sawmliana | Photographed in Samlukhai & Serte, Mizoram. |
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