| Lakshadweep Twisted Arum |
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| File size | 574462 |
| Original date | 12/22/14 4:25 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.1mm |
| Exposure time | 1/100s |
| Aperture | 2.8 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | FUJIFILM |
| Camera model | X-S1 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Anaphyllum wightii Family: Araceae (Arum family)
Lakshadweep Twisted Arum is a tall herb with creeping
rhizome. Leaves are pinnately cut or pinnately lobed, lobes 3-8 pairs,
20-28 x 5-10 cm, usually narrower, elliptic to oblong, tip pointed,
stalkless or petiolulate. Leaf-stalk is 60-150 cm long, erect, 5-10 cm
thick, smooth or transversally rugose, brownish. Spadix is 15-30 cm
long, 5-8 cm broad. Spathe is open, deep brown, once or twice twisted.
Spikes are 4.5 cm long, 8-10 mm thick. Flowers are bisexual, densely
arranged, 3-6 mm across; tepals 4, obovate, flat; stamens 6, free,
filaments broad; ovary 1-celled, ovule solitary, style short, stigma
discoid. Fruit is a spherical achene. Lakshadweep Twisted Arum is endemic
to Southern Western Ghats and Lakshadweep Islands. Flowering: January-February.
| Identification credit: Siddarth Machado | Photographed in Brahmagiri Range, Kodagu, Karnataka. |
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