| Chinese Perfume Tree |
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| File size | 506901 |
| Original date | 5/19/18 9:31 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 229.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon EOS 700D |
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Botanical name: Aglaia odorata Family: Meliaceae (Neem family)
Synonyms: Aglaia oblanceolata, Aglaia pentaphylla, Aglaia sinensis
Synonyms: Aglaia oblanceolata, Aglaia pentaphylla, Aglaia sinensis
Chinese Perfume Tree is a shrub or small tree up to 10
m tall. Leaves are compound with leaflets 3-5, hairless, net-veined on
both surfaces. Flowers are very small, in panicles in leaf-axils,
strongly scented, used for flavoring tea and perfuming clothes. Flowers
are numerous, tiny rounded yellow, each up to only 2 mm wide, in the
shape of miniature balls that do not open up when they bloom. Intensity
of flower fragrance is best during the day, often no fragrance at
night. Each flower looks like a grain of rice, hence the common name
Chinese rice flower. Fruit is a small cleistocarp. Chinese Perfume Tree
is a native of Indochina, widely cultivated in the tropics.
| Identification credit: Prashant Awale | Photographed in cultivation in Maharashtra. |
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