| Ceylon Swamp Mallow |
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| File size | 335679 |
| Original date | 12/20/09 7:41 AM |
| Resolution | 1623 x 1217 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.6mm |
| Exposure time | 1/160s |
| Aperture | 4.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ18 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Pavonia zeylanica Family: Malvaceae (Mallow family)
Ceylon Swamp Mallow is a profusely branched, bristly, large herb, growing
up to 1-1.5 m tall. Stem, leaf- and flower-stalks are covered with hairs.
Leaves are 1.5-3 cm long, 1-2.5 cm broad. Upper leaves are lance-shaped to
ovate, entire. Lower ones are usually 3-lobed - lobes oblong or obovate,
entire or irregularly toothed, middle one longest. Leaves are shallowly
heart-shaped at the base, surface usually hairy. Leaf stalks are 1-4.5 cm
long. Flowers occur singly in leaf axils. Flower stalk is 2-4 cm long.
Sepal-like bracts are 8-11, 1-1.3 cm long, filament-like, hairy. Sepals
are lance-shaped. Flowers are 1.5 cm long, pink. Fruit is 5 mm across,
velvety, spherical. Ceylon Swamp Mallow is found in Srilanka, India,
Pakistan, S.E. Arabia, Tropical Africa and mauritius.
| Identification credit: Sankara Rao | Photographed at Devanhalli, Karnataka. |
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