| Hairless Tritaxis |
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| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/50s |
| Aperture | 2.7 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot S5 IS |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Tritaxis glabella Family: Euphorbiaceae (Castor family)
Synonyms: Dimorphocalyx glabellus
Synonyms: Dimorphocalyx glabellus
Hairless Tritaxis is a small tree, growing up to 8 m tall. Bark is greyish, covered
with minute pores. Branchlets are round, hairless. Leaves are alternately
or spirally arranged. Stipules are triangular, caducous. Leaf stalk is
0.6-2 cm long. Leaves are 6-18 cm long, 2.3-9 cm broad, narrow elliptic to
lance-shaped, with a pointed or long pointed tip. Margin is wavy or
distantly obscurely toothed with marginal glands at the teeth, leathery,
glabrous. Flowers are unisexual - male flowers are white, in cymes; female
flower are solitary or 2-3 together, leaf opposed or at the end of
branches. Capsule is round, hairy, 3-lobed, with 4-5 oblong-lanceolate
unequal sepals. Hairless Tritaxis is found in South India and Sri Lanka.
| Identification credit: Prashant Awale, Jatin Vaity | Photographed in Maharashtra. |
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