| Thickleaf Sweet-Box |
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| File size | 644927 |
| Original date | 12/16/23 1:02 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.04mm |
| Exposure time | 1/49s |
| Aperture | 1.8 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | vivo |
| Camera model | V2238 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Sarcococca coriacea Family: Buxaceae (Sweet-Box family)
Synonyms: Buxus cariacea, Sarcococca brevifolia, Sarcococca vagans
Synonyms: Buxus cariacea, Sarcococca brevifolia, Sarcococca vagans
Thickleaf Sweet-Box is a climbing shrub with leaves
alternate, 8-12 x 3-5 cm, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, tip tapering
with a tail, base pointed, leathery, lateral nerves many, joining
intramarginally, slender. Flowers are borne in racemes up to 1.5 cm
long; bract ovate, 1.5 mm long; bracteoles 4. Tepals are 4, unequal
pairs, 1.5 mm long. Thickleaf Sweet-Box is found in Indian Subcontinent
to China and N. Indo-China, including the Himalayas, at altitudes of
600-1600 m.
| Identification credit: Kiranraj R. | Photographed in Doddabetta, Nilgiris distt, Tamil Nadu. |
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