| Indian Silverberry |
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| File size | 111592 |
| Original date | 5/10/10 1:13 PM |
| Resolution | 1600 x 1200 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 5.8mm |
| Exposure time | 1/320s |
| Aperture | 4.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot A720 IS |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Elaeagnus indica Family: Elaeagnaceae (Silverberry family)
Indian Silverberry is a woody climber, densely covered
with silvery scales, thorns in leaf-axils, straight, 1-2 cm long.
Leaves are 9-14 x 6-7.5 cm, ovate, tip pointed, hairless above,
silvery-white below, nerves 5-7 pairs, indistinct. Flowers are
bisexual, in fascicles of 3-6 in leaf-axils, stalked. Flowers are
greenish white, 1 cm long, urn-shaped, tepals 4, ovate, fused; stamens
4, filaments free, broadened below, anthers transverse; ovary 1-celled,
inferior, ovules solitary, style thread-like, stigma lateral. Berry is
2.6 x 1.2 cm, covered with thickened flower base, reddish, fleshy.
Indian Silverberry is native to South India. Flowering: March-June.
| Identification credit: J.M. Garg, Vijaysankar Raman | Photographed in Dindigul, Tamil Nadu. |
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