| Canna-Leaf Donax |
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| File size | 206707 |
| Original date | 2/21/20 11:08 AM |
| Resolution | 6000 x 4000 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 170.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 5.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D5300 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Donax canniformis Family: Marantaceae (Arrowroot family)
Synonyms: Donax gracilis, Maranta grandis, Phrynium canniforme
Synonyms: Donax gracilis, Maranta grandis, Phrynium canniforme
Canna-Leaf Donax is a herb 1.5-4 m tall. Stems with
basal, canelike internode 1-2.5 m. Leaf sheath is to 15 cm; leaf-stalk
8-20 cm, thickened into a cylindric pulvinus. Leaves are broadly ovate
to elliptic, 10-25 x 10-45 cm, resembling Canna leaves. Flowers are
borne in slender clusters up to 20 cm, bracts 9-11, green, obovate to
lanceshaped, 2.5-3.5 cm, falling off after anthesis. Flower-stalks are
thickened in fruit. Sepals are white, triangular-ovate, 3-3.5 mm,
hairless. Flower tube is 8-10 mm; petals linear, 1-1.4 cm x 2--3 mm.
Outer staminodes are white, obovate, 1.2-1.4 cm x 5-6 mm; callose
staminode yellowish, about 1.5 cm, tip usually notched; hoodlike
staminode light yellow at tip. Fruit is white to pale cream, 1-1.5 cm
in diameter, dry, not splitting open. Flowering: June.
| Identification credit: N Arun Kumar | Photographed in Mt. Harriet National Park, South Andaman. |
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