| Blue Diamond Flower |
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| File size | 368143 |
| Original date | 10/27/15 4:39 PM |
| Resolution | 1800 x 1350 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 28.8mm |
| Exposure time | 1/320s |
| Aperture | 4.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Average |
| Camera make | FUJIFILM |
| Camera model | X-S1 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Oldenlandia affinis Family: Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Synonyms: Hedyotis affinis, Oldenlandia linearifolia
Synonyms: Hedyotis affinis, Oldenlandia linearifolia
Blue Diamond Flower is an erect perennial herb,
with branches thread-like, hairless. Leaves are up to 25 x 1 mm,
linear, entire, stalkless; stipule ovate, entire or 2-3 toothed.
Flowers are tiny, 2 mm long, borne in cymes at branch-ends.
Flower-stalks and flower-cluster-stalks are thread-like, 1.5-2 cm long;
calyx 1 mm long, sepals pointed, rough. Flowers are deep blue to
violet, tube hairy inside. Capsule is 2 x 1.5 mm, obovoid, flat at tip.
Blue Diamond Flower is distributed in Tropical Asia. In India it is
primarily seen in South India. Flowering: July-March.
Medicinal uses:
Blue Diamond Flower is
traditionally used as an oxitocic agent during labour.
Medicinal uses:
Blue Diamond Flower is
traditionally used as an oxitocic agent during labour. | Identification credit: Siddarth Machado | Photographed in Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh. |
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