| Soft Sophora |
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| File size | 622270 |
| Original date | 2/24/15 7:20 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash fired, return detected |
| Focal length | 90.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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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: Sophora mollis Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Synonyms: Sophora mollis subsp. mollis, Sophora hortensis, Sophora buxbaumii
Synonyms: Sophora mollis subsp. mollis, Sophora hortensis, Sophora buxbaumii
Soft Sophora is an erect deciduous shrub, about 3-4
ft tall, young shoots finely velvet-hairy. Leaves are compound,
12.5-26.0 cm long; stipules triangular, pointed, falling off. Leaflets
are 19-35, opposite or alternate, 1.2-2.5 cm long, ovate or elliptic,
entire; blunt or emargi¬nate, sparsely hairy on both sides. Flowers are
borne in racemes, about 5-10 cm long, in leaf axils. Flowers are about
1.5-2.6 cm long, flower-stalk about 7-10 mm; bract about 2-3 mm,
concave. Calyx 6-7 mm long, oblique, finely hairy. Ovary densely hairy.
Pod is 7.5-13.0 cm long, like a string of beads, 5-10 jointed, 4
winged, hairless when mature. Soft Sophora is found in the Himalayas,
from Pakistan to Nepal, at altitudes of 1700 m. Flowering:
Feruary-March.
| Identification credit: Amber Srivastava | Photographed in Sahastradhara, Dehradun. |
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