| Narrow-Leaved Ebony |
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| File size | 323844 |
| Original date | 4/23/11 3:27 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 45.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/60s |
| Aperture | 2.8 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-G1 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Diospyros vera Family: Ebenaceae (Ebony family)
Synonyms: Diospyros angustifolia (Miq.) Kosterm. [Illegitimate], Maba nigrescens
Synonyms: Diospyros angustifolia (Miq.) Kosterm. [Illegitimate], Maba nigrescens
Narrow-Leaved Ebony is a small tree, up to 10 m tall. Bark is brown,
tubercled; blaze light orange yellow. Branchlets are round with short
internodes, terminal young branchlets are densely yellow hairy. Leaves are
simple, alternate. Leaf stalk is up to 0.5 cm long, rusty hairy when
young. Leaves are 2.2-8 x 1-2.5 cm, narrow-elliptic, tip bluntly pointed to blunt, base narrow, margin thick and distinctly wavy, leathery, hairy
when young, otherwise hairless above. Flowers are dioecious - male flowers
are 3 in axillary clusters, female flowers occur singly in leaf axils.
Flowers are white. Berry is ellipsoid, to 1 cm long. Fruiting sepals are
3, slightly enlarged. Narrow-Leaved Ebony is endemic to the Western Ghats
- mostly confined to Central Sahyadri above Chikmagalur Region.
| Identification credit: Shrikant Ingalhalikar | Photographed at Anmod Ghat, Karnataka. |
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