| Samoa Perfume Flower Tree |
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| File size | 142165 |
| Original date | 9/2/17 10:58 AM |
| Resolution | 1024 x 768 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 191.04mm |
| Exposure time | 1/500s |
| Aperture | 5.7 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ70 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Fagraea berteroana Family: Gentianaceae (Gentian family)
Synonyms: Fagraea berteriana, Fagraea affinis, Fagraea samoensis
Synonyms: Fagraea berteriana, Fagraea affinis, Fagraea samoensis
Samoa Perfume Flower Tree is a large shrub to small
tree with thick leathery leaves, about 10-19 x 4.5-10 cm, tip rounded,
base narrowed. Leaf-stalks of the apical pair of leaves joined and
covering the branch-end bud. Midrib is raised on the upper surface,
leaf-stalks flat or convex on the upper surface. Flowers are white,
turning to yellow, pleasantly perfumed, narrowly funnel-shaped, tube
usually 7-10 cm long. Calyx is about 10-15 mm long. Fruits are
ellipsoid to globular, about 3-5.5 x 2.5-4.5 cm. Calyx is persistent at
the base. Samoa Perfume Flower Tree is native to Samoa Islands.
| Identification credit: Aarti Khale | Photographed in Lalbagh Botanical Gardens, Bangalore. |
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