| Spiral Ceropegia |
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| File size | 898845 |
| Original date | 10/17/10 3:06 PM |
| Resolution | 2592 x 1944 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto, red-eye reduction |
| Focal length | 5.8mm |
| Exposure time | 1/160s |
| Aperture | 2.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot A530 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Ceropegia spiralis Family: Apocynaceae (Oleander family)
Spiral Ceropegia is a small perennial herb, 20-30 cm tall, with weak,
erect stem. Tubers are 1-2 cm, spherical. Oppositely arranged leaves are
linear-lanceshaped, 3-5 cm long, grass-like, pointed, with small
leaf-stalk 3-5 mm. Flowers are borne in 3-5-flowered clusters in upper
leaf axils. Cluster is carried on 2-3 cm long stalk. Flower-tube is
swollen at the base, bent above. Lobes of the tube are spirally twisted.
There are long purple hairs on the lobes. Seed-pods are linear, 5-7 cm
long. Spiral Ceropegia is found in Western Ghats.
Identification credit: Navendu Pāgé
| Photographed at Devarayana Durga, Karnataka. |