| Kerala Kunstleria |
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| File size | 118026 |
| Original date | 1/19/11 10:07 AM |
| Resolution | 764 x 573 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 66.1mm |
| Exposure time | 1/400s |
| Aperture | 3.5 |
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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: Kunstleria keralensis Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Kerala Kunstleria is a large climber with stems
slender. Leaves are imparipinnate; leaflets opposite, 9-11 to 16 x 5
cm, ovate-oblong, tapering, rounded at base, membranous; nerves 4
pairs, netveined; axis to 25 cm long. Flowers are borne in panicles at
branch-ends and in leaf-axils, branches slender, rusty woolly; bracts
and bracteoles minute. Flowers are distantly packed; calyx 3 mm long,
bell-shaped, rusty woolly; petals brownish, 5 mm across; standard
round, hairless; stamens 9 + 1; anthers uniform; ovary stalkless,
few-ovuled. Pods 11 x 2 cm, flat, oblong blunt, prominently netveined;
seed 1, oblong. Kerala Kunstleria is endemic to Southern Western Ghats.
| Identification credit: Navendu Pāgé | Photographed at Doraikatte Hill top, Yana region, Karnataka. |
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