| Laurel Clock Vine |
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| File size | 124524 |
| Original date | 9/27/09 12:16 PM |
| Resolution | 660 x 495 |
| Flash | Flash fired, red-eye reduction |
| Focal length | 37.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 5.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL |
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Botanical name: Thunbergia laurifolia Family: Acanthaceae (Acanthus family)
Synonyms: Thunbergia grandiflora var. laurifolia, Thunbergia harrisii
Synonyms: Thunbergia grandiflora var. laurifolia, Thunbergia harrisii
Laurel Clock Vine is a climber with ovate-oblong or nearly lanceolate
entire to slightly toothed leaves. Leaves are obtuse or heart-shaped at
base, long pointed, pinnately nerved, hairless, mostly 7-18 cm long and
2.5-6 cm wide, on stalks up to 6 cm long. Bracteoles are persistent, 4-5
cm long. Calyx is truncate. Flowers are blue-violet to white, tube 3.5-4.5
cm long, limb 6-8 cm broad. Capsule is up to 1.5 cm wide, the beak to 3 cm
long. Differs from Bengal Clock Vine
mainly in the narrower, 3-7 cm wide, ovate to oblong, rarely lobed leaves
which are frequently very coarsely toothed, long-pointed at the tip.
Laurel Clock Vine is native to East Himalaya to Peninsula Malaysia.
| Identification credit: Gurcharan Singh | Photographed at Mayem Lake, Goa. |
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