| Mysore Ceropegia |
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| File size | 415980 |
| Original date | 7/21/16 3:39 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 55.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 8.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D5300 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Ceropegia elegans Family: Apocynaceae (Oleander family)
Synonyms: Ceropegia gardneri, Ceropegia mysorensis
Synonyms: Ceropegia gardneri, Ceropegia mysorensis
Mysore Ceropegia is a twining herb with leaves up
to 4 x 3 cm, ovate, lanceshaped, tip pointed, base slightly
heart-shaped, membranous. Leaf-stalks are 1.5 cm. Flowers are borne in
cymes in leaf-axils; flower-cluster-stalks 1.5 cm; flower-stalks 1 cm;
calyx 2 mm, linear; flower base bulbous, mouth broadly widened, tube,
1.8 cm long, curved, lobes 5, 1 x 0.6 cm, triangular, ovate, bluntly
apiculate; outer corona lobes 5, deeply 2-fid, 2 mm; inner lobes 5, 2
mm, linear. Mysore Ceropegia is found in Peninsular India and Sri
Lanka. Flowering: June-August.
| Identification credit: C. Rajasekar | Photographed in Kalakkad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu. |
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