| Basil Buttonweed |
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| File size | 536035 |
| Original date | 11/6/23 7:19 AM |
| Resolution | 3840 x 2160 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.74mm |
| Exposure time | 1/225s |
| Aperture | 1.79 |
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| Metering Mode | Average |
| Camera make | Xiaomi |
| Camera model | Redmi Note 10 Lite |
| Sensor type | MonochromeArea |
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Botanical name: Spermacoce ocymoides Family: Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Synonyms: Borreria ocymoides, Spermacoce stricta, Spermacoce tenera
Synonyms: Borreria ocymoides, Spermacoce stricta, Spermacoce tenera
Basil Buttonweed is a velvet-hairy, erect herb. Leaves
are arrange perpendicular opposite pairs, elliptic-oblong, up to 3.5 x
1.5 cm, sparsely rough, nerves 3 or 4 pairs, base wedge-shaped to
narrowed, tip pointed, almost stalkless; stipules 1 x 0.8 cm. Flowers
are 40-50 per node. Flowers are white, 2 mm wide; tube 2 mm, hairless
within; petals 4. Stamens 4. Sepal-cup flat, bristly outside, sepals 4,
unequal, linear-lanceshaped, 2 short and 2 long. Capsules are flat, 1.5
x 1 mm, splitting transversely. Basil Buttonweed is found in NE India,
South India, and SE Asia. It is found in Eastern Himalaya up to
altitudes of 1300-1500 m.
Flowering: November-December.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed in Imphal, Manipur. |
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