| Gujarat Spurge-Creeper |
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| File size | 769941 |
| Original date | 10/19/19 8:16 AM |
| Resolution | 2080 x 1560 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 3.701mm |
| Exposure time | 1/100s |
| Aperture | 2.2 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | LG Electronics |
| Camera model | LG-M700 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Dalechampia scandens var. cordofana Family: Euphorbiaceae (Castor family)
Synonyms: Dalechampia cordofana, Dalechampia parvifolia, Dalechampia tripartita
Synonyms: Dalechampia cordofana, Dalechampia parvifolia, Dalechampia tripartita
Gujarat Spurge-Creeper is a slender perennial climber,
growing from a woody rootstock. Flowers are borne in leaf-axils on
flower-cluster-stalks 1-10 cm long. Actual flowers are unisexual,
enveloped in the leaf-like white bracts in different inflorescences on
the same plant. Bracts are leaf-like, up to 4 cm long, more or less
shallowly 3-lobed, heart-shaped at the base; margin sawtoothed. Male
bracts are ovate in outline; female bracts elliptic-ovate narrower and
shorter than male bracts. Stems are up to 3 m long, velvet-hairy and
often with nettle-like hairs. Leaves are 3-cut to 3-lobed, up to 13 x
14 cm in outline, more or less deeply heart-shaped at the base. Leaf
margin is sawtoothed, a diagnostic feature of this subspecies. Fruits
are up to 5 x 10 mm, more or less smooth, velvet-hairy, brownish. In
India, Gujarat Spurge-Creeper is found in Gujarat. It is also found
throughout Tropical Africa, S. Arabia, and Pakistan. Flowering:
September-October.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. |
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