| Malabar Ixora |
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| File size | 469193 |
| Original date | 11/21/14 1:27 AM |
| Resolution | 0 x 0 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 42.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/320s |
| Aperture | 5.3 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D3100 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Ixora malabarica Family: Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Synonyms: Chiococca malabarica
Synonyms: Chiococca malabarica
Malabar Ixora is a slender erect shrub with leaves
simple, opposite, 4-13 x 2-4.5 cm, lanceshaped, tip pointed to shortly
tapering, base broadly pointed to rounded, thin-leathery; stipules 5-6
mm long, triangular with subulate tip. Flowers are borne in
corymb-like, lax, few-flowered cymes. Bracts and bracteoles are 2-2.5
mm long, subulate. Calyx is bell-shaped; sepals 3-3.5 mm long. Flower
are greenish yellow; tube 1.6-2 cm long; petals 4-5 mm long,
lanceshaped, curled and recurved. Stamens are attached between petals
at throat of tube. Berry is 1 cm across, subspherical. Malabar Ixora is
found in Southern Western Ghats. Flowering: October-December.
| Identification credit: Siddarth Machado | Photographed in Sirsi, Karnataka. |
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