| Canna-Fruit Cardamom |
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| File size | 452007 |
| Original date | 4/8/17 10:57 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash fired |
| Focal length | 30.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/4s |
| Aperture | 11.0 |
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| Metering Mode | $meteringMode |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon EOS 600D |
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Botanical name: Amomum cannicarpum Family: Zingiberaceae (Ginger family)
Synonyms: Cardamomum cannicarpum, Elettaria cannicarpa
Synonyms: Cardamomum cannicarpum, Elettaria cannicarpa
Canna-Fruit Cardamom is a rhizome forming her with
leafy stem 2-3 m high, erect, straight, loosely clumped. Rootstock is
horizontal, much branched, reddish outside, light pink inside. Leaves
are 26-41 x 6-11 cm, oblong-lanceshaped, tapering, hairless, nearly
stalkless, lower leaves smaller; ligule 1 cm long, round, reddish.
Spike 1-few, 6-15 x 4-7 cm, obovoid; flower-cluster-stalks covered with
imbricating bracts; basal empty bracts 3.5 cm long, ovate, blunt,
formed into sheath at base, reddish brown; bracteoles 2 cm long,
tubular. Flowers are 1-2 in a bract; sepals blunt; ptals equal, 2 x 1
cm, blunt, hairless. Capsule is spherical, 2-3.5 x 1.5-3.5 cm, densely
covered with stiff bristles, spine tip slightly curved, dark maroon,
has some resemblance to Canna fruit. Seeds are many, angular, 5-7 x 3-5
mm, black, aromatic, arillate. Canna-Fruit Cardamom is endemic to
Southern Western Ghats (Kerala and Tamil Nadu).
| Identification credit: S. Jeevith | Photographed in Sholas, The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu. |
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