| Glow Vine |
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| File size | 348992 |
| Original date | 9/19/08 3:17 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto, red-eye reduction |
| Focal length | 5.8mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 2.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot A530 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Saritaea magnifica Family: Bignoniaceae (Jacaranda family)
Synonyms: Bignonia magnifica, Arrabidaea magnifica
Synonyms: Bignonia magnifica, Arrabidaea magnifica
Glow Vine is a climbing shrub native to South America, cultivated as a
garden plant in India. Oppositely arranged leaves are compound with just
two leaflets which are obovate. Leaflets are rather dull in color, 3-5
inches long, 1.75-2.5 inches wide. Flowers are borne in 4-flowered cymes
in leaf axils or at the end of branches. Flowers are large, with almost no
stalk, showy, a narrow tube opening into rounded petals. Sepal cup is
bell-shaped. Flowers are up to 2.5 inches wide, purplish-violet, mauve or
light purple in color, whitish or light pink in the throat with
longitudinal purple veins. Glow Vine is propagated by cutting.
Flowering: September-October.
Identification credit: Shaista Ahmad
| Photographed at JNCASR, Bangalore. |