| Bairola |
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| Original date | 5/6/12 6:21 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.6mm |
| Exposure time | 1/80s |
| Aperture | 3.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot A495 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Cordia vestita Family: Boraginaceae (Forget-me-not family)
Synonyms: Gerascanthus vestitus, Gynaion vestitum
Synonyms: Gerascanthus vestitus, Gynaion vestitum
Bairola is a deciduous polygamous tree with
densely velvet-hairy branchlets. Leaves are 7-12 x 4.5-12 cm, broadly
elliptic, ovate to obovate, blunt or pointed, base flat or
wedge-shaped, margin wavy. Upper surface is rough and darker in colour,
lower dense grey-white velvety. Leaf-stalk is up to 3.5 cm long.
Flowers are borne in dense cymes, yellowish-white. Flower-stalks are
0.8-1.5 cm long, velvety. Sepal cup is 8-15 mm long, 5-lobed, ribbed,
velvety on the outside. Flower tube equalling calyx, hairy within. Limb
1.1-1.2 cm broad, petals 5, obtuse-crenulate, filaments hairy at base.
Fruit is 1.5-1.7 cm long, ellipsoid.
Bairola is found in Western Himalayas at altitudes of about 300-1000 m.
Fllowering: March-April.
| Identification credit: Krishan Lal | Photographed in Himachal Pradesh. |
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