| Sausage Vine |
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| File size | 592144 |
| Original date | 4/9/09 2:41 PM |
| Resolution | 2560 x 1920 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 82.8mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 4.2 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ18 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Stauntonia latifolia Family: Lardizabalaceae (Coguilera family)
Synonyms: Holboellia latifolia, Holboellia ovatifoliolata, Hoya cavaleriei
Synonyms: Holboellia latifolia, Holboellia ovatifoliolata, Hoya cavaleriei
Sausage Vine is a vigorous, woody, evergreen climber, native to the
Himalayas. Branches are prominently channelled. Leaves are palmately
compound, with 3-9 elliptic or oblong-ovate leaflets, 4-10 cm long. In
spring, it bears small clusters of very heavily scented, white or
purplish, bell-shaped flowers. Flowers are very sweetly scented. They are
borne in racemes in leaf axils. Fruit is reddish purple at maturity,
irregularly sausage-shaped, 5-7 cm long, up to 4 cm wide. Ripe fruits are
eaten fresh. Sausage Vine is found in forests, shrubberies and shady ravined
of the Himalayas, from Pakistan to SW China, at altitudes of 1500-4000 m.
Flowering: April-May.
| Identification credit: Nongthombam Ullysess | Photographed in Fambong Lho Wildlife Sanctuary, Sikkim. |
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