| Neglected Ceropegia |
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| File size | 382665 |
| Original date | 11/16/17 12:16 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash fired, return detected |
| Focal length | 55.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D5300 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Ceropegia omissa Family: Apocynaceae (Oleander family)
Synonyms: Ceropegia intermedia var. wightii
Synonyms: Ceropegia intermedia var. wightii
Neglected Ceropegia is a critically endangered
perennial twining herb. Leaves are 8-11 x 2 cm, lanceshaped, tip
pointed, base blunt, membranous, leaf-stalk 1.3 cm. Flowers are borne
in cymes in leaf-axils; flower-cluster-stalks 1.5 cm. Flower-stalks are
1.5 cm, flowers pale white with pale green bands. Calyx is 5-lobed, 3.5
mm, sepals linear lanceshaped. Flowers are curved, base bulbous, tube
2.3 cm, lobes fused at tip, lobes 8 mm, fringed with hairs; outer
corona cup-shaped, 5-lobed, 1 mm, inner 2 mm, spoon-shaped. Neglected
Ceropegia is endemic to Southern Western Ghats.
Flowering: September-December.
| Identification credit: C. Rajasekar | Photographed in KMTR - Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu. |
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