| Pink Gentian Vine |
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| File size | 167234 |
| Original date | 10/17/08 5:30 PM |
| Resolution | 800 x 600 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 7.4mm |
| Exposure time | 1/100s |
| Aperture | 4.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ50 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Crawfurdia angustata Family: Gentianaceae (Gentian family)
Synonyms: Crawfurdia trailliana, Gentiana helenii
Synonyms: Crawfurdia trailliana, Gentiana helenii
Pink Gentian Vine is a beautiful climber with twinning stems. Leaves arise
on slender stalks 0.5-1 cm long. Leaves are elliptic to ovate, 4-7 × 2-4
cm, leathery, base rounded, margin entire, with tapering tips. Each leaf
has 3-5 parallel veins. Flowers arise either singly or in cymes. Flowers
stalks are 1-15 cm long. Sepals cup is sometimes pale purple, tubular,
with a 2-2.5 cm long tube, opening into spreadingor recurved sepals which
are ovate-triangular to triangular, 3-4 × 2-3 mm. Flowers are pale purple
or pink, funnel-shaped, 6-8.5 cm. Petals are ovate-triangular, 1-1.7 cm
long 6-12 mm broad with tapering tips. The shorter petals are broadly
triangular, 2-4 × 5 mm, with margin irregularly toothed. Pink Gentian Vine
is found in the meadow slopes, scrub, scattered forests in valleys of NE
India, at altitude of 1500-2800 m. Flowering: October-December.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed in Arunachal Pradesh & Manipur. |
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