| Anamalai Balsam |
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| File size | 520236 |
| Original date | 10/14/09 11:08 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.4mm |
| Exposure time | 1/60s |
| Aperture | 3.2 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot A2000 IS |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Impatiens wightiana Family: Balsaminaceae (Balsam family)
Anamalai Balsam is an erect, woody, branched herb,
rooting at lower nodes. Flower-cluster-stalks arise singly in
leaf-axils, little longer than leaf-stalks. Flowers are white, mottled
with pink, about 1 cm across, borne in racemes in leaf-axils, up to 11
cm long. Lateral sepals are small. Lip is funnel-shaped; spur short,
hooked. Standard is round, ovate, ending in a sharp point, with a green
dorsal ridge. Leaves are alternate, lanceshaped, unequal at base,
tapering at tip, bristly, sawtoothed, 5-18 x 1.5-4.5 cm, hairless or
becoming hairless, lineolate; leaf-stalk with numerous stalked glands
towards tip, up to 8 cm long. Capsules are ovoid, trapezoid, pointed
with a pointed tip, hairless; seeds 4-5, hairy. Anamalai Balsam is a
rare species confined to Anamalai range and Anaimudi, Devico-lam High
Range in moist sholas and banks of streams in dense evergreen forests
at 1000-1500 m altitude in Southern Western Ghats.
Flowering: June-September.
| Identification credit: Shrishail Kulloli | Photographed in Kerala. |
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