| South Indian Suregada |
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| File size | 570612 |
| Original date | 1/31/16 1:10 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.1mm |
| Exposure time | 1/500s |
| Aperture | 3.2 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | FUJIFILM |
| Camera model | X-S1 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Suregada lanceolata Family: Euphorbiaceae (Castor family)
Synonyms: Suregada angustifolia (Mull.Arg.) Airy Shaw, Gelonium lanceolatum
Synonyms: Suregada angustifolia (Mull.Arg.) Airy Shaw, Gelonium lanceolatum
South Indian Suregada is a hairless shrub with
stipular scars at nodes. Leaves are alternate, up to 13 x 4.5 cm,
inverted-lanceshaped or oblong, tapering, at tip, entire, punctuate
above; stipule sheathing. Male flowers 3 mm across, 5-25 together, in
short leaf-opposed, shortly stalked cymes; sepals 5, round; stamens
10-25, free. Female flowers solitary, in leaf-axils, 3 mm across;
sepals ovate, blunt, fringed with hairs; spherical, styles 3, free,
dichotomously split, recurved. Capsule 3-lobed, 8 mm broad, lobes
keeled; seeds 3, smooth, spherical. is native to Peninsular India, Sri
Lanka. Flowering: February-May.
| Identification credit: Siddarth Machado | Photographed in Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu. |
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