| Deccan Spike Thorn |
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| File size | 123796 |
| Original date | 6/23/07 3:13 PM |
| Resolution | 1024 x 683 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 7.1 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSC-H1 |
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Botanical name: Gymnosporia rothiana Family: Celastraceae (Spike-thorn family)
Synonyms: Catha rothiana, Maytenus rothiana
Synonyms: Catha rothiana, Maytenus rothiana
Deccan Spike Thorn is an armed or unarmed erect shrub. Leaves 7.5-22 x 4-12
cm alternate, subcoriaceous, ovate-oblong or obovate serrate, apex obtuse
or obtusely short-acuminate, cuneate at base ; nerves obscure ; petiole
5-15 mm long. Flowers 2-3 mm across, greenish-white, in fascicles of short
cymes at leafless nodes ; Fruiting pedicels 12-15 mm long. Calyx lobes 5,
minute, free. Petals ca. 2 mm long, free. Stamens 5, inserted outside the
disc, alternating with the petals ; filaments slender; anthers 2-celled.
Capsule 1.5 x 1.5 cm, obovate, trigonous, 3-valved, pale reddish-brown ;
seed 1-2 in each cell, ca. 1 cm long, ovoid, compressed, reddish with aril
embracing the base. Deccan Spike Thorn is found in Peninsular India.
Flowering: June-August.
| Identification credit: Pravin Kawale | Photographed in Maharashtra. |
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