| Leathery Premna |
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| File size | 280176 |
| Original date | 3/28/17 10:23 AM |
| Resolution | 1200 x 900 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 55.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon EOS 600D |
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Botanical name: Premna coriacea Family: Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Synonyms: Gumira coriacea, Premna coriacea var. coriacea
Synonyms: Gumira coriacea, Premna coriacea var. coriacea
Leathery Premna is a large climbing shrub with
branchlets hairy, warty. Leaves are up to 18 x 10 cm, ovate-oblong,
abruptly tapering at tip, heart-shaped at base, entire, hairless;
nerves 4-5 pairs, very prominent beneath. Flowers are borne in
corymb-like cymes up to 15 cm across, at branch-ends; branches hairy;
flower-cluster-stalks up to 12 cm long, erect; bracts 3 mm long, ovate.
Flowers are many, creamy white; flower-stalks 1 mm long bristly; calyx
1 mm long, flat, pinkish brown, puberulus; flower 3.5 mm long, hairy.
Leathery Premna is found in South India. Flowering: April-May.
| Identification credit: Siddarth Machado, Navendu Pagé | Photographed in Kadra, North Karnataka & Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu. |
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