| Nilgiri Litsea |
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| File size | 78206 |
| Original date | 11/5/11 12:28 PM |
| Resolution | 600 x 450 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 72.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 6.3 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot S5 IS |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Litsea stocksii Family: Lauraceae (Laurel family)
Synonyms: Cryptocarya neilgherrensis, Cylicodaphne oblonga var. stocksii
Synonyms: Cryptocarya neilgherrensis, Cylicodaphne oblonga var. stocksii
Nilgiri Litsea is a small tree found in the
Western Ghats. It is hairless except the velvety inflorescences. Leaves
are 4-6 inches long, narrow-oblong-lanceshaped, alternately arranged,
leathery. Leaves have 10-16 pairs of strong nerves. Flowers are borne
in 6-8-flowered umbels in stout erect racemes 1-3 inches long. Fruit is
ellipsoid, sitting on the entire or irregularly lobed, top-shaped,
thickly stalked sepal tube.
| Identification credit: Shrikant Ingalhalikar | Photographed in Bhimashankar, Maharashtra. |
• Is this flower misidentified? If yes,