| Mallow-Leaved Crossberry |
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| File size | 281640 |
| Original date | 7/3/10 3:18 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 45.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/80s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-G1 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Grewia abutilifolia Family: Tiliaceae (Falsa family)
Mallow-Leaved Crossberry is a or small tree 1-5 m tall. Branchlets are
yellow-brown hairy. Leaf stalk is 1-2 cm long, coarsely velvety. Leaves
are broadly ovate to nearly circular, usually lobed distally, 7-11 × 5-9
cm, papery, densely yellow and brown, velvety. Base is rounded or slightly
heart-shaped, margin toothed, tip pointed. Flowers are borne in cymes 3-7
per leaf axil. Flower stalk is 4-8 mm long. Bracts are threadlike. Sepals
are white, narrowly oblong, 6-8 × 2 mm. Petals are 2-3 mm. Stamens are 4-5
mm. Style is as long as sepals, stigma 2-lobed. Fruit is obscurely 2- or
4-lobed, velvety.
| Identification credit: Shrikant Ingalhalikar, Satish Phadke | Photographed at Tungwadi near Pavana Lake, Lonavala, Maharashtra. |
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