| Kanara Climber |
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| File size | 142533 |
| Original date | 3/16/13 2:02 PM |
| Resolution | 1000 x 750 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/320s |
| Aperture | 5.0 |
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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: Aspidopterys canarensis Family: Malpighiaceae (Barbados cherry family)
Synonyms: Aspidopterys glomerata
Synonyms: Aspidopterys glomerata
Kanara Climber is a woody climber, found in the
evergreen forests of Western Ghats. Leaves are ovate to
elliptic-lanceshaped, long-pointed, base rounded or narrow, hairless,
7-10 x 3-5 cm. Leaf-stalks are about 1 cm long. Flowers are borne in
slender stalks, clustered in leaf axils or leafscars. Bracts are rusty
velvety. Sepals are velvety. Petals are oblong, yellow, 4 x 2 mm.
Samara is nearly circular, flat at tip, papery, 3-4 cm across.
Flowering: February-May.
| Identification credit: Prashant Awale, N.Sasidharan, Shrikant Ingalhalikar, G.Rao | Photographed in Kathalekan, Karnataka. |
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