| Skyblue Clustervine |
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| File size | 650855 |
| Original date | 9/12/05 1:08 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 11.7mm |
| Exposure time | 1/108s |
| Aperture | 4.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Partial |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | E3700 |
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Photo: Thingnam Girija |
Botanical name: Jacquemontia pentanthos Family: Convolvulaceae (Morning glory family)
Synonyms: Ipomoea canescens, Jacquemontia pentantha, Convolvulus pentanthus
Synonyms: Ipomoea canescens, Jacquemontia pentantha, Convolvulus pentanthus
Skyblue Clustervine is a handsome light climber.
The stems are herbaceous, velvet-hairy to hairless. Leaves are ovate
to broadly ovate, 3-6 cm long, basally heart-shaped, tapering at tip,
hairless. Flowers are borne in dense cymes, usually with 1-2 flowers
opening at any one time. Sepals are ovate to lanceshaped, pointed to
tapering, 4-5 x 2-4 mm, velvet-hairy. Flower mostly blue, sometimes white,
2-2.5 cm across. Fruit is capsular, spherical, brown, hairless. Seeds
are brown, 2.5 mm long, hairless. Flowering: June-August.
Native to tropical America, it has spread to many tropical countries.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed in Delhi. |
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