| Orange Dutchman's Shoes |
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| File size | 99642 |
| Original date | 12/21/10 6:46 AM |
| Resolution | 976 x 732 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/1250s |
| Aperture | 3.2 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot S5 IS |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Tabernaemontana rostrata Family: Apocynaceae (Oleander family)
Synonyms: Tabernaemontana crispa
Synonyms: Tabernaemontana crispa
Orange Dutchman's Shoes is a shrub, 0.5-2 m tall, stem 1.5-2 cm in
diameter. Leaves are elliptical to narrowly elliptic, 4-23 cm x 1-8.5 cm,
2.2-4.5 times longer than wide, tip long-pointed, stalk 0.2-2 cm long.
Inflorescence is lax, 2-12 cm x 2-5 cm, 2-15-flowered. Flowers are
fragrant or not, open during the night. Sepals are pale green, leafy-like.
Flower-tube in mature bud is 1.4-2.6 cm long with a wide broadly ovoid
head for 20-35% of the length, tip blunt, tube 1.8-4(-6) times longer than
the calyx, 1.3-2.2 cm long, twisted 0.5 turn or not just below the
anthers. Fruit consists of 2 separate mericarps, pod-like, orange or red,
several-seeded, splitting open.
| Identification credit: Prashant Awale, K. Karthigeyan | Photographed at Radhanagar Beach, Andaman & Nicobar. |
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