| Mountain Currant Tree |
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| File size | 128239 |
| Original date | 7/17/10 10:07 AM |
| Resolution | 832 x 624 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 61.4mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 3.5 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot S5 IS |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Antidesma montanum Family: Phyllanthaceae (Amla family)
Synonyms: Antidesma pubescens var. menasu, Antidesma menasu
Synonyms: Antidesma pubescens var. menasu, Antidesma menasu
Mountain Currant Tree is a tree about 10 m tallm with thin flaky bark in
old trees. Branchlets are cylindrical, velvety. Alternately arranged
leaves, 8-22 x 2.5-7.7 cm, are usually oblong to elliptic or oblanceolate,
tip gradually pointed with a sharp point. Base is acute to rounded simple,
Stipules occur in pairs, linear-lanceshaped, pointed, 1.2 cm long, Leaf
stalk is 0.25-1.2 cm long. Flowers are borne in racemes in leaf axils or
at the end of branches. Flowers are unisexual - clusters of flowers in
male distant than in female. Drupe is elliptic, somewhat oblique, turning
red; seed 1.
| Identification credit: Prashant Awale, Shrikant Ingalhalikar | Photographed en route to Matheran, Maharashtra. |
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