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A White-browed Blue Flycatcher sitting on a mostly fruited Leh Berry patch near Lamkhaga Pass above Harsil in Uttarakhand, India. Leh Berry is a large deciduous shrub or tree sometimes reaching up to 18 m. Crown is irregular in shape with spiny, grey branches. Leaves are linear-lanceshaped, alternate, 2-6 cm long, covered on both sides with silvery-white scales, undersides with brown dots. Flowers are inconspicuous, yellow, unisexual appearing before leaves. Fruit is a 1-seeded, reddish orange berry, 5-12 mm, soft, juicy and rich in oils. The ancient Greeks named the genus Hippopha or "glittering horse," its leaves were part of the diet for racing horses, and they also believed that horses became plump and healthy when maintained on pastures with these trees. According to another legend, s
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