| Konkan Gordonia |
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| File size | 605890 |
| Original date | 1/16/24 2:35 PM |
| Resolution | 5184 x 3456 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 123.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 8.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon EOS 700D |
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Botanical name: Polyspora obtusa Family: Theaceae (Tea family)
Synonyms: Gordonia obtusa, Lasianthus obtusus, Gordonia obtusifolia
Synonyms: Gordonia obtusa, Lasianthus obtusus, Gordonia obtusifolia
Konkan Gordonia is a trees up to 10 m tall. Bark is greyish, smooth; blaze
brownish. Branchlets is round, smooth. Leaves are simple, alternate,
spiral, carried on 0.2-1 cm long stalks. Leaves are 5-10.5 x 1.5-7 cm,
elliptic to elliptic-oblong, tip blunt or pointed to shortly long-pointed.
Base is narrow, margin toothed. Leaves are leathery, dark green and
shining above, pale beneath. Flowers are large, solitary, white, at the
end of branches or in leaf axils, carried on 0.2-0.5 cm long stalks.
Capsule is oblong, woody, up to 3 cm long, 5-valved. Seeds are many, with
white wings at one end. Konkan Gordonia is endemic to the Western Ghats,
Konkan region.
| Identification credit: Prashant Awale, Mahadeswara Swamy | Photographed in Pushpagiri WLS, Karnataka. |
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