| Cameroon Pink Ginger |
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| Original date | 2/1/20 9:37 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
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| Focal length | 4.25mm |
| Exposure time | 1/120s |
| Aperture | 1.7 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | samsung |
| Camera model | SM-G950U1 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Costus phyllocephalus Family: Costaceae (Spiral Ginger family)
Synonyms: Costus fissiligulatus, Costus nudicaulis, Costus violaceus
Synonyms: Costus fissiligulatus, Costus nudicaulis, Costus violaceus
Cameroon Pink Ginger is a perennial herb with a
rhizome, and round, hairless stem up to 50 cm long. Flowers are borne
at branch-ends, in head about 5 cm in diameter, with large bracts
having a blade up to 7 cm long. Flowers are bisexual, zygomorphic,
3-merous; sepal-cup tubular, about 1.5 cm long, toothed. Flowers are
3-petaled, petals fused at base, unequal; lip about 5 cm x 5 cm, pink
with white throat. Stamen 1, petal-like, about 3 cm long; ovary
inferior, 3-celled. Leaves are arranged spirally, simple; sheath
tubular, closed, with ligule up to 3 cm long. Leaf-stalks are up to 0.5
cm long; blade lanceshaped to oblong-obovate, 8-17 cm x 4-6.5 cm, with
an tapering tip, hairless. Fruit is a capsule crowned by the persistent
sepal-cup, many-seeded. Cameroon Pink Ginger is native to Africa,
specifically Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo,
Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Zambia, Zaïre. It is cultivated elsewhere as
a garden plant.
| Identification credit: Aruna Rai | Photographed in Dattaji Salvi Udyan, Thane , Maharashtra. |
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