| Grey Snoutbean |
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| File size | 585070 |
| Original date | 10/27/15 3:50 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 42.2mm |
| Exposure time | 1/800s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Average |
| Camera make | FUJIFILM |
| Camera model | X-S1 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Rhynchosia cana Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Synonyms: Glycine cana
Synonyms: Glycine cana
Grey Snoutbean is a subshrub with branchlets
glandular sticky, velvet-hairy. Leaves are trifoliate, terminal
leaflets up to 5 x 2.5 cm, laterals 3 x 1.5 cm, ovate, pointed,
inequilateral, velvet-hairy; stipule 2 mm, lanceshaped. Flowers are
borne in leaf-axils, in pairs, yellow; flower-stalks 5 mm, deflexed;
bracts 1.5 mm; calyx tube 2 mm, lobes 3 and 1 mm, lanceshaped,
velvet-hairy; flower 8 mm long; staminal tube 5 mm; anthers uniform;
ovary velvet-hairy, stigma capitate. Pod 1.5 x 0.7 cm, oblong,
puberulus to hairless; seeds 1 or 2. Grey Snoutbean is found in
Peninsular India and Sri Lanka.
| Identification credit: Siddarth Machado | Photographed in Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh. |
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