| Khasi Blushwort |
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| File size | 318893 |
| Original date | 4/4/23 11:15 AM |
| Resolution | 3264 x 4928 |
| Flash | Flash fired, return detected, red-eye reduction |
| Focal length | 60.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 10.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D7000 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Aeschynanthus mannii Family: Gesneriaceae (Gloxinia family)
Synonyms: Trichosporum mannii
Synonyms: Trichosporum mannii
Khasi Blushwort is a tree-dwelling undershrub with
leathery elliptic leaves approximately 3 x 1.2 cm, blunt at both ends,
midrib prominent below. Flowers are about 2 cm, narrowly
tubular-funnel-shaped, curved upwards, velvet-hairy outside, lobes 4-5
mm in diameter, roundish, black-marked. Stamen filaments much protrude
out, glandular-hairy. Sepals are 8 mm long, hairy. Flowers are borne
singly in leaf axils. Stem is short, branches several, 5-25 cm,
undivided, soon hairless. Khasi Blushwort is found in NE India,
particularly Mizoram and Meghalaya, to Bangladesh, Myanmar.
| Identification credit: Saroj Kasaju | Photographed in Hmuifang, Mizoram. |
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