| Red-Branch Spurge |
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| File size | 283550 |
| Original date | 9/14/14 3:09 AM |
| Resolution | 1285 x 1112 |
| Flash | Flash fired, return detected |
| Focal length | 122.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 14.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D7100 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Euphorbia erythroclada Family: Euphorbiaceae (Castor family)
Synonyms: Chamaesyce erythroclada, Euphorbia oligantha
Synonyms: Chamaesyce erythroclada, Euphorbia oligantha
Red-Branch Spurge is an erect, symmetrically branched,
hairless herb, with distinctly reddish branches. Leaves are
obovate-elliptic, nearly stalkless in distant pairs, minutely toothed,
unequal at base. Involucres are borne solitary in leaf-axils,
top-shaped, red. Glands are ovate, red, with narrow pink limb. Styles
are short, bifid. Seeds are transversely rugose. Red-Branch Spurge is
found only in Western India.
| Identification credit: Manek Mistry | Photographed in Thane rural, Maharashtra. |
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