| Bokadvel |
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| File size | 132112 |
| Original date | 10/11/09 8:17 AM |
| Resolution | 800 x 600 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 500.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 6.3 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL |
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Botanical name: Aspidopterys cordata Family: Malpighiaceae (Barbados cherry family)
Synonyms: Hiraea cordata, Hiptage cordata
Synonyms: Hiraea cordata, Hiptage cordata
Bokadvel is a slender climbing shrub found in the forests of Eastern and
Western Ghats. Oppositely arranged leaves are round to broadly ovate to
heart-shaped, 5-9 cm long, 3-6 cm broad. Leaves are smooth above and
velvety beneath. Leaf stalk is 3-4 cm long, rusty velvety. Tiny
pale-yellow flowers are borne in panicles in leaf axils and at the end of
branches. Petals are broadly oblong, 4-7 mm long. There are 10 stamens.
Fruit is a samara which is somewhat circular or elliptic, 1-2 across,
brown-black. Flowering: August-December.
Identification credit: J. M. Garg
| Photographed in Ananthagiri HIll forest, Andhra Pradesh. |