| Red-Flower Plum |
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| File size | 429761 |
| Original date | 8/29/10 4:07 PM |
| Resolution | 1952 x 1464 |
| Flash | Flash fired, auto |
| Focal length | 37.6mm |
| Exposure time | 1/483s |
| Aperture | 5.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | COOLPIX L5 |
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Botanical name: Syzygium laetum Family: Myrtaceae (Bottlebrush family)
Red-Flower Plum is a rare tree up to 7 m tall. Bark is white, smooth; blaze
brown. Branchlets are round, slender, hairless. Leaves are simple,
opposite, carried on 0.5-0.7 cm long stalks. Leaves are 6.5-13.5 x 2.5-6
cm, usually elliptic, sometimes narrow-elliptic, tip long-pointed,
sometimes falling off. Base is narrow to flat or wedge-shaped. Flowers are
borne in terminal or axillary divaricate cymes or solitary. Flowers are
large, showy, with numerous red stamens flaring out. Berry is ovoid, 2.5-3
cm long, crowned with persistent sepals. Red-Flower Plum is endemic to
southern Western Ghats to South, Central and south Maharashtra Sahyadris.
| Identification credit: Prashant Awale | Photographed in Karnataka. |
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