| Malabar Hill Borage |
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| Focal length | 6.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 2.7 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot S5 IS |
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Botanical name: Cynoglossum malabaricum Family: Boraginaceae (Forget-me-not family)
Synonyms: Paracaryum malabaricum, Adelocaryum malabaricum
Synonyms: Paracaryum malabaricum, Adelocaryum malabaricum
Malabar Hill Borage is an erect annual herb, growing to 1 m tall. The
plant is branched from the base, branches are smooth, green. Lower leaves
are 10-15 cm, heart-shaped or ovate, alternately arranged on the stem by
long stalks 10-15 long. Upper leaves are smaller, up to 5 cm, wedge-
shaped, stalkless, and net-veined. Small blue flowers are born in
corymb-like racemes at the end of branches. Flower-stalk is short, flowers
are 1 cm across, of a uniform dark blue color, cup-shaped. Petals are
rounded, veined with purple. Stamens are 5 with short filaments. Malabar
Hill Borage is seen in Western Ghats. Flowering: August-September.
| Identification credit: Prashant Awale | Photographed in Maharashtra. |
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