| Ceylon Osbeckia |
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| File size | 436417 |
| Original date | 11/23/22 12:17 PM |
| Resolution | 6000 x 4000 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 55.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/640s |
| Aperture | 7.1 |
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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: Osbeckia zeylanica Family: Melastomataceae (Melastome family)
Synonyms: Osbeckia debilis, Osbeckia serialis, Osbeckia zeylanica var. non-rostrata
Synonyms: Osbeckia debilis, Osbeckia serialis, Osbeckia zeylanica var. non-rostrata
Ceylon Osbeckia is a perennial herb, up to 8 cm high;
branches four-edged, bristly.Flowers are solitary or 2-3 together, at
branch-ends or upper in leaf-axils, carried on flower-stalks 1.5 mm
long. Petals are pink, 5 x 4 mm, obovate, hairless. Sepal-tube is 5 mm
long, densely covered with clustered bristles, bristles 3-6 together,
up to 7 mm long, sepals 4 mm long, tapering, fringed with hairs.
Anthers are 4 mm long, tapering; style 3 mm long. Leaves are up to 1.5
x 0.6 cm, ovate-lanceshaped, pointed at either ends, minutely toothed,
densely hairy; hairs half adnate, parallel to the midrib above, not
adnate below. Ceylon Osbeckia is found in South-India, Sri Lanka,
Indo-China. Flowering: November-February.
| Identification credit: N Arun Kumar | Photographed in Bannerghatta, Karnataka. |
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