| Many-Flowered Ixora |
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| File size | 361829 |
| Original date | 5/31/19 11:11 AM |
| Resolution | 5184 x 3888 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.3mm |
| Exposure time | 1/1600s |
| Aperture | 3.4 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | COOLPIX A900 |
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Botanical name: Ixora polyantha Family: Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Many-Flowered Ixora is a small shrub, with hairless
branches. Leaves are 10-30 x 4-12 cm, obovate to broadly oblanceate,
pointed or long-pointed, short-stalked, stipules long cuspidate.
Flowers are borne in large, 7-12 cm broad, corymb-like cymes at branch
ends. Flowers are white, bracts about 3.5 mm long, falling off,
bracteoles linear, long-pointed. Sepal tube is short, about 1.5 mm
long, sepals more than twice as long as the ovary, ovate-lanceshaped,
pointed, hairless. Flower tube is 2.0-2.5 cm long, hairless, petals
about 6 mm long, turned back, mouth hairless. Anthers are linear,
about 2.5 mm long. Stigma branches are recurved. Many-Flowered Ixora
is found in Western Ghats and NE India. Flowering: March-July.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed in East Siang distt., Arunachal Pradesh. |
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