| Hairy-Fruit Begonia |
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| File size | 376305 |
| Original date | 8/17/13 11:45 AM |
| Resolution | 1400 x 1050 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 6.3mm |
| Exposure time | 1/160s |
| Aperture | 3.8 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSC-P52 |
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Botanical name: Begonia trichocarpa Family: Begoniaceae (Begonia family)
Hairy-Fruit Begonia is large herb with stem
reddish, flaccid, nearly erect, hairy. Leaves are up to 8 x 3 cm,
ovate-oblong, long-pointed, obliquely heart-shaped at base, hairy,
membranous, 5-nerved from the base; stalk 1-3 cm long. Stipule is 6 x 2
mm, lanceshaped. Flower cymes are 2 cm across, lateral, carried on
stalks 1-2 cm long. Flowers are borne 1-3 together, male sepals 4,
outer sepals 5 x 7 mm, hispid, inner smaller, curved, hairless; female
sepals 4 or 5, similar to male flowers, ovary hairy, 3-locular,
placenta single, styles 3, each divided in to two branches at tip.
Capsule is 1 x 2 cm obovate, flat at tip, wings acute above, seeds
minute, many, hexagonal. Hairy-Fruit Begonia is endemic to Western
Ghats. Flowering: August-December.
Identification credit: Prashant Awale
| Photographed en-route to Vishalgad, Maharashtra. |