| Lily Thorn |
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| File size | 1307286 |
| Original date | 7/15/15 2:33 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.2mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 2.7 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot A3100 IS |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Catesbaea spinosa Family: Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Synonyms: Catesbaea longiflora, Catesbaea macrantha
Synonyms: Catesbaea longiflora, Catesbaea macrantha
Lily Thorn is a small spiny shrub, with spines in
leaf-axils, straight 1.5-3 cm long; bark corky. Leaves are 10-25 x 4-8
mm, opposite, entire, obovate, tipped with a short, abrupt point,
leaf-stalk about 1.5 mm long. Flowers are about 10 cm long and 4-5 cm
across, white or yellowish, on flower-stalks about 2 mm long, with red
dots. Sepals are 4, tapering to a fine point. Flower-tube is drooping,
7-10 cm long, glandular hairy inside; petals 4, about 2 x 1 cm. Stamens
are 4-5, inserted at the base of flower; anthers about 1.2 cm long.
Ovary is 2-loculed; style long protruding, branched into 2 stigmatic
lobes. Fruit is a berry, about 5 cm long, yellow, edible. Lily Thorn is
indigenous to West Indies, occasionally cultivated in India.
Flowering: June-August.
| Identification credit: Anuradha Melanaturu | Photographed at Theosophical Society, Chennai. |
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