| Nicobar Mussaenda |
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| Original date | 4/15/09 10:55 AM |
| Resolution | 800 x 600 |
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| Focal length | 9.2mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 3.2 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSC-P100 |
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Botanical name: Mussaenda wallichii Family: Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Synonyms: Mussaenda glabra var. wallichii, Mussaenda oblonga, Mussaenda jelinekii
Synonyms: Mussaenda glabra var. wallichii, Mussaenda oblonga, Mussaenda jelinekii
Nicobar Mussaenda is an erect shrub with thick
branches. This species was reported from Great Nico-
bar Island by Kurz in 1876. It was reported again in 2009, after a gap
of more than 130 years. Leaves are elliptic-ovate to lanceshaped,
usually abruptly or with a tail, tapering, hairless, nerves
velvet-hairy; stipules long, gradually narrowed from the base, entire
or bifid. Flowers are yellow with white petaloid sepal in lax flowered
Cymes. Calyx teeth are half as long as ovary or longer, elongate.
Flowers are hairless; tube slender, 2.5 cm long; petals narrow, finely
tapering. Berries are nearly spherical with persistent calyx teeth.
Nicobar Mussaenda is found in Nicobar Islands and Myanmar. Flowering:
May-June.
| Identification credit: Joju P. Alappatt | Photographed in Great Nicobar Island, Andaman & Nicobar. |
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