| Ceylon Saprosma |
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| File size | 664999 |
| Original date | 5/27/15 4:59 PM |
| Resolution | 1900 x 1425 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 40.6mm |
| Exposure time | 1/30s |
| Aperture | 4.5 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | FUJIFILM |
| Camera model | X-S1 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Saprosma foetens subsp. ceylanicum Family: Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Synonyms: Saprosma ceylanicum, Dysodidendron ceylanicum, Saprosma ceylanica
Synonyms: Saprosma ceylanicum, Dysodidendron ceylanicum, Saprosma ceylanica
Ceylon Saprosma is a shrub or a small tree, which
stinks when bruised. Branchlets are pale, smooth. Leaves are 5-13 cm
long, 2-5 cm broad, elliptic, lanceshaped, inverted lanceshaped,
long-pointed, green when dried, membranous. Leaf-stalks are 2-6 mm mm
long. Flowers are borne in clusters of 1-3 together carried on a 1.2-4
cm long stalk in leaf axils. Bracts and bracteoles are minute. Sepal
tube is obconic, smooth, teeth 4 triangular. Flowers are about 1.3 cm
across, purple, petals triangular, spreading. Fruits are about 8 mm
across, obovoid blunt. Ceylon Saprosma is found in Western Ghats at
elevations 1000-2000 m.
| Identification credit: Siddarth Machado | Photographed at Avalanche Range, Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, Tamil Nadu. |
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