| China Doll |
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| File size | 430440 |
| Original date | 12/5/14 1:48 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash fired, return detected |
| Focal length | 62.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 8.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D5300 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Radermachera yunnanensis Family: Bignoniaceae (Jacaranda family)
China Doll is an evergreen tree, about 16 m tall, with
gray-black bark. Leaves are 2(or 3)-pinnately compound, about 70 cm; lateral
leaflet-stalks 1-5 mm, tip one 1-2.5 cm; leaflets ovate,
4-9 x 2-5 cm, densely white glandular above, base wedge-shaped, oblique,
margin entire, tip with a tail-tapering; lateral veins 5-7 on each side
of midrib. Flowers are borne in panicled clusters. Sepal-cup about 3 cm x 8 mm;
teeth 5, long triangular, about 1.2 cm. Flowers are white to pale yellow,
7-9 cm. Stamens 4, inserted nearly at base of flower tube. Capsule is
gray-black when mature, long round, somewhat woody, about 50 x 1-1.2 cm,
densely white warty, scabrous. Seeds ellipsoid, including wing 1.4-1.7
cm x 3-5 mm. China Doll is native to South-Central China. Flowering: April-May.
| Identification credit: J.M. Garg | Photographed in Sant Asharamji Ashram, Lucknow. |
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