| Indian Red Pear |
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| File size | 2280860 |
| Original date | 3/27/10 12:30 PM |
| Resolution | 2560 x 1920 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.6mm |
| Exposure time | 1/160s |
| Aperture | 4.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ18 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Protium serratum Family: Burseraceae (Torchwood family)
Synonyms: Bursera serrata
Synonyms: Bursera serrata
Trees is a large tree with branchlets densely yellow velvety, grey velvety
when old. Leaves are compound with 5-9 oblong or ovate-oblong leaflets.
Stalks of the leaflets are 5-13 mm long. Leaflets are 7-10 × 2.5-4.5 cm,
papery or rigidly papery, base rounded or broadly wedge-shaped, margin
saw-toothed or sometimes entire, tip pointed. Lateral veins are prominent
on both surfaces. Flowers are borne in densely velvety panicles 6-14 cm
long, in leaf axils. Flowers are light green, carried on 2 mm long stalks.
Sepals and petals are 5 in number, reflexed, inserted below the disc.
Sepals are less than 1 mm. Petals are oblong-lanceolate, 1.5-2 mm. Fruit
is a drupe, nearly ovoid to round, about 1 cm in diameter, with a
persistent style. In India, Indian Red Pear is found in Andhra Pradesh,
Assam, Bihar, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh and West
Bengal. Flowering: April-May.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed in Agra. |
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