| Small-Flowered Caper |
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| File size | 507964 |
| Original date | 1/9/12 3:38 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 50.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 8.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D40 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Capparis fusifera Family: Capparaceae (Caper family)
Synonyms: Capparis parviflora Bedd., Capparis tomentella
Synonyms: Capparis parviflora Bedd., Capparis tomentella
Small-Flowered Caper is an erect much branched shrub,
slightly hairy. Flowers are borne singly or 2-3 together. Petals are
white, 1.5 cm long, obovate, blunt. Numerous white stamens protrude out
of the flower, longer than the petals. Spines are very small on either
sides of the leaf-stalk. Leaves are up to 18 x 7 cm, elliptic, pointed
at either ends, leathery, hairless, lateral nerves 8-10 pairs;
leaf-stalk 0.5 cm, stout. Berry is 4 x 2 cm, ellipsoid, rind hard;
flower-stalk 7 mm in fruit. Small-Flowered Caper is endemic to Southern
Western Ghats. Flowering: October-January.
| Identification credit: C. Rajasekar | Photographed in Kalakkad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu. |
• Is this flower misidentified? If yes,