| Entire-Leaf Begonia |
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| File size | 563768 |
| Original date | 7/31/14 12:11 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.28mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 3.3 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSC-HX9V |
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Botanical name: Begonia integrifolia Family: Begoniaceae (Begonia family)
Entire-Leaf Begonia is a small, tuberous herb with
short, reddish, fleshy stem. Leaves are simple, alternate, 13-25 x 6-11
cm, ovate, irregularly sawtoothed-toothed, tip pointed, base
heart-shaped, slightly oblique, sparsely hairy; leaf-stalk 4-15 cm
long. Flowers are pinkish, unequal, in dichotomously branched cymes in
leaf axils. Male flowers have tepals 4 in 2 whorls; outer 2 round,
larger. Stamens many; filaments united at base. Female flowers are up
to 8 mm long, tepals 5, free; inner 1 smaller; ovary inferior; styles
2; stigma branched. Capsule with 3 unequal wings, 1 larger. Entire-Leaf
Begonia is found in Peninsular India. Flowering: July-August.
| Identification credit: Siddarth Machado | Photographed in Sakleshpur, Karnataka. |
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