| Warty Eustigma |
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| File size | 158387 |
| Original date | 1/16/23 2:11 PM |
| Resolution | 4928 x 3264 |
| Flash | Flash fired, return detected |
| Focal length | 60.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/160s |
| Aperture | 18.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D7000 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Eustigma lenticellatum Family: Hamamelidaceae (Witch-hazel family)
Synonyms: Sycopsis griffithiana, Eustigma stellatum
Synonyms: Sycopsis griffithiana, Eustigma stellatum
Warty Eustigma is a tree up to 10 m tall. Eustigma
species are known for flowers having prominent stigmas. Leaf-stalks are
1-2 cm long, leaf blade is elliptic, narrowly rounded, 7-12 x 3-5 cm,
below brown woolly with star-shaped hairs along veins, above hairless,
base broadly wedge-shaped or blunt, margin entire, tip pointed; lateral
veins 7-10 on each side. Flower-cluster-stalks are 5-10 mm; bracts
about 1 mm. Flowers are shortly stalked, with floral cup 1.8-2 mm.
Sepals are short, petals minute. Stamens are about 2 mm, styles 3-4 mm.
Fruiting stalks are 8-10 mm, capsule 1.1-1.3 cm. Wood is used for
furniture. Seeds are edible. Warty Eustigma is found in forests in SE
Yunnan and NE India, particularly Khasi hills and Mizoram, at altitudes
of 1000-1200 m. Flowering: April-May.
| Identification credit: M. Sawmliana, J.M. Garg | Photographed in Reiek & Sairep, Mizoram. |
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