| Slender Rattan Cane |
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| File size | 200217 |
| Original date | 4/23/11 8:25 AM |
| Resolution | 1040 x 780 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 29.3mm |
| Exposure time | 1/80s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot S5 IS |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Calamus pseudotenuis Family: Arecaceae (Palm family)
Synonyms: Calamus pseudo-tenuis ?
Synonyms: Calamus pseudo-tenuis ?
Slender Rattan Cane is a climbing palm with stems clustered, up to 15 m
long, and 5 cm in diameter. Leaf sheaths are yellowish green with brown
hairs, with scattered, greenish spines which are needle-like to flattened,
up to 3.5 cm long. Ocreas are present, well developed, up to 10 cm long.
Flagella are present, up to 3 m long. Leaf rachis is up to 1.5 m long,
with 25-40 linear-lanceshaped leaflets per side. Leaflets are regularly
arranged. Inflorescences are up to 3 m long, flagellate. Bracts are
tubular. Fruit is round, up to 1.5 cm across, yellow. Slender Rattan Cane
is found in Southern India.
Identification credit: Shrikant Ingalhalikar
| Photographed near Castlerock, Karnataka. |