| Quadrangular Leaf-Flower |
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| File size | 110494 |
| Original date | 8/9/15 1:46 PM |
| Resolution | 0 x 0 |
| Flash | Flash fired, return detected |
| Focal length | 60.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 11.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D5100 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Breynia quadrangularis Family: Phyllanthaceae (Amla family)
Synonyms: Sauropus quadrangularis, Phyllanthus quadrangularis
Synonyms: Sauropus quadrangularis, Phyllanthus quadrangularis
Quadrangular Leaf-Flower is a hairless shrub with
leaves ovate-blunt, notched at tip, glaucous below, black when dried.
Nerves are 5 pairs, prominent; leaf-stalk 2 mm long; stipules
heart-shaped at base. Flowers are borne singly, in leaf-axils, stalked.
Male flowers are 3 mm across; sepals ovate, pointed; stamens 3, anthers
stalkless on erect staminal column. Female sepals broadly ovate, blunt,
notched, united by the disk; styles 3, 2-fid at tip. Capsule 1.2 cm
across, smooth, hairless. Quadrangular Leaf-Flower is found in India,
China and Indo-China. Flowering: June-October.
| Identification credit: Tapas Chakrabarty | Photographed in |
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