| Rush Milkweed |
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| File size | 332794 |
| Original date | 11/6/19 3:22 AM |
| Resolution | 1500 x 1125 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 90.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/320s |
| Aperture | 5.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D7100 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Caudanthera edulis Family: Apocynaceae (Oleander family)
Synonyms: Caralluma edulis, Caralluma vittata, Ceropegia edulis
Synonyms: Caralluma edulis, Caralluma vittata, Ceropegia edulis
Rush Milkweed is an erect fleshy herb, 15-45 cm tall,
branches nearly round, 4-grooved. Leaves (when present) 6-13 mm long,
linear, pointed. Flowers are borne in pairs in axils of scale-likes
bracts. Flower-stalks are 3.5-13 mm long. Sepals are 5, about 2.5 mm,
hairless, ovate, pointed. Flowers are bell-shaped, purple inside, about
6-7 mm long, petals ovate-lanceshaped, pointed; outer corona 5-lobed,
each lobe with 2 teeth; lobes of inner corona about 1 mm long, linear.
Seedpods are 8.5-11 cm long. The plant is eaten as vegetable. Rush
Milkweed is found in Western India, Punjab, Rajasthan, Pakistan (Sind,
Punjab, Baluchistan). Flowering: September.
| Identification credit: Sushant More | Photographed in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. |
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