| Telosma Vine |
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| File size | 715258 |
| Original date | 8/5/06 4:04 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 8.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/70s |
| Aperture | 3.2 |
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| Metering Mode | Partial |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | E3700 |
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Botanical name: Telosma pallida Family: Apocynaceae (Oleander family)
Synonyms: Asclepias pallida, Pergularia pallida
Synonyms: Asclepias pallida, Pergularia pallida
Telosma vine is a vine with slender stems overed with fine soft hairs, that grows to 3 m.
Leaf stalk 2.5-3.5 cm; leaf blade oval to heart-shaped, 6-8 × 3-5 cm.
The flower clusters are umbel-like, with the stalk supporting them 0.7-1.5 cm.
The yellow-white star-shaped flowers are odorless or nearly
so. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, ciliate. Seed-pods are cylindric-lanceshaped,
5.5-10 cm. Its more popular cousine Telosma cordata has fragrant
and more yellow flowers. Telosma vine is found in Pakistan to India to Taiwan,
including the Himalaya, at altitudes of 300-900 m.
| Identification credit: Navendu Pagé | Photographed in Garden of Five Senses, Delhi & Bijnor, UP. |
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