| Long Leaved Beauty Berry |
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| File size | 449369 |
| Original date | 11/10/08 7:28 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 6.3mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSC-P52 |
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Botanical name: Callicarpa longifolia Family: Verbenaceae (Verbena family)
Long Leaved Beauty Berry is a shrub, growing up to 2-3 m tall. Branchlets
are 4-angled, nodes with a transverse scar. Leaf stalks are slender,
0.5-1.5 mm long. Leaf blade is narrowly lanceolate to oblong-elliptic,
8-20 cm long and 2-6 cm wide. Leaves are smooth on the upper side, with
margin serrated. Flower are borne in cymes 2-3 cm across, which are
carried on slender stalks, 0.5-1.5 cm long. Sepal cup is cup-shaped, about
1 mm. Flowers are pale purple, about 2 mm. Stamens are 2-3 times as long
as the flower tube. Fruit is beautiful purple berry, 1.5 mm in diameter,
borne in clusters in leaf axils. Flowering: May-August.
Identification credit: Prashant Awale
| Photographed in Mizoram. |