| South-Indian Rungia |
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| File size | 774339 |
| Original date | 12/30/14 12:14 PM |
| Resolution | 2494 x 1671 |
| Flash | Flash fired, return detected |
| Focal length | 55.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D3100 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Rungia laeta Family: Acanthaceae (Acanthus family)
Synonyms: Diapedium laetum, Justicia eudoxa
Synonyms: Diapedium laetum, Justicia eudoxa
South-Indian Rungia is a shrub with stem round,
hairless. Flowers are white, 1.8 cm long, white with brown spots,
thinly hairy, upper lip notched; filaments hairless. Sepals are 7 x 1.5
mm, lanceshaped, spiny-tipped. Leaves are 6-8 x 3-5 cm,
ovate-lanceshaped, tip pointed, hairless, nerves 6-8 pairs; leaf-stalk
2 cm long. Spikes 3-6 x 2 cm, oblong, stalked, floral bracts white, 16
x 7 mm, lateral ones empty, elliptic to obovate, pointed, fringed with
hairs; bracteoles 10 x 2 mm, linear.Capsule 9 mm long, velvet-hairy;
seeds 4, rugose, brown. South-Indian Rungia is endemic to Southern
Western Ghats. Flowering: July-January.
| Identification credit: N Arun Kumar | Photographed in Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu. |
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