| Boat Morning Glory |
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| File size | 260885 |
| Original date | 11/2/22 3:36 PM |
| Resolution | 320 x 240 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 1.94mm |
| Exposure time | 1/75s |
| Aperture | 2.4 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | Xiaomi |
| Camera model | Mi 10 |
| Sensor type | MonochromeArea |
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Botanical name: Ipomoea pileata Family: Convolvulaceae (Morning glory family)
Synonyms: Convolvulus pileatus, Convolvulus guinensis
Synonyms: Convolvulus pileatus, Convolvulus guinensis
Boat Morning Glory is an annual twinning herb with
stem hairy. Flowers are pinkish-white, narrowly, funnel-shaped, tube 2
cm long and 2 mm wide, limb 1.2 cm across. Flowers are enclosed in a
boat-shaped, up to 5 cm broad involucre. Sepals are ovate, blunt, 1.2
cm long, woolly.Flower-cluster-stalk is often longer than the
leaf-stalk. Leaves are 6-8 x 7-9 cm, ovate-tapering, with a short sharp
point, base heart-shaped, becoming hairless above and velvet-hairy
below; leaf-stalk up to 7 cm long. Capsule is ovoid, 5 mm long; seeds
ovoid, black. Boat Morning Glory is found in Tropical & Subtropical
Africa, India and SE Asia.
| Identification credit: M. Sawmliana | Photographed along Sateek-Phulpui road, Mizoram. |
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