| Shrubby Eranthemum |
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| File size | 411091 |
| Original date | 2/15/20 3:17 PM |
| Resolution | 6000 x 4000 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 300.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/80s |
| Aperture | 6.3 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D5300 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Eranthemum suffruticosum Family: Acanthaceae (Acanthus family)
Synonyms: Eranthemum barlerioides, Daedalacanthus suffruticosus
Synonyms: Eranthemum barlerioides, Daedalacanthus suffruticosus
Shrubby Eranthemum is a small shrub, and of slow
growth. Stem and branches sub-erect, jointed; the younger somewhat
4-sided and a little hairy. Leaves are opposite, short-stalked, oblong,
and ovate-oblong, somewhat wavy, smooth on both sides. Flowers are
borne at branch-ends, flowers opposite. Bract are three-fold,
one-flowered, the exterior large, wedge-shaped, and naked, the interior
daggered. Flower-tube is as long as the exterior bracts. Limb is
regularly five parted, pale blue. Stamens are two, anthers half hid in
the flower-tube. Shrubby Eranthemum is found in NE India to Myanmar,
Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
| Identification credit: N Arun Kumar | Photographed in North Andaman. |
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