| Andaman Magnolia |
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| File size | 575618 |
| Original date | 3/30/17 7:10 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash fired, return detected, auto |
| Focal length | 78.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 22.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D750 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Magnolia andamanica Family: Magnoliaceae (Magnolia family)
Synonyms: Talauma andamanica
Synonyms: Talauma andamanica
Andaman Magnolia is a large shrub or small tree, up to
4 m tall, with branchlets hairless. Leaves are oblong- lanceshaped,
narrowed at base, tapering at tip, 17-36 x 6-13 cm, somewhat leathery,
dark green, hairless, glossy above; lateral nerves 10-15 pairs;
leaf-stalks up to 2.5 cm long, velvet-hairy. Flowers are solitary, at
branch-ends, fragrant, about 6 cm across; flower-cluster-stalks up to
2.5 cm long. Sepals 3, concave, pinkish purple. Petals 6, ovate or
obovate. Stamens about 60, each about 13 mm long, oblong. Carpels are
about 50, rhomboid. Fruits are spherical. Seeds about 1 cm across.
Andaman Magnolia is found in Andaman Islands & Myanmar. Flowering:
April-May.
| Identification credit: Joju P. Alappatt | Photographed at Mt. Marriet, South Andaman, Andaman &Nicobar Islands. |
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