| Buckthorn-Leaved Kamala |
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| Original date | 11/5/11 12:24 PM |
| Resolution | 1024 x 768 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/160s |
| Aperture | 2.7 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot S5 IS |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Mallotus rhamnifolius Family: Euphorbiaceae (Castor family)
Synonyms: Croton reticulatus, Croton nervosus, Mallotus micranthus
Synonyms: Croton reticulatus, Croton nervosus, Mallotus micranthus
Buckthorn-Leaved Kamala is a tree up to 5 m tall.
Bark is greyish, warty. Branchlets are round, velvety. Leaves are
simple, opposite to subopposite, decussate; stipules caducous;
leaf-stalk 1-5 cm long, planoconvex in cross section, swollen at both
ends, stellate hairy. Leaves are 10.5-23 x 5.3-13 cm, ovate, apex
pointed to long-pointed, base rounded, entire or slightly sinuate,
yellow-glandular beneath; trinerved at base; secondary_nerves ca. 6
pairs. Flowers are unisexual, in axillary spikes. Capsule, 3-valved,
minutely stellate hairy; seeds 3, brown. Buckthorn-Leaved Kamala is
found in peninsular India and Sri Lanka, in the Western Ghats - South
Sahyadri.
Identification credit: Shrikant Ingalhalikar
| Photographed in Bhimashankar, Maharashtra. |