| Thorny Yellow-Wood |
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| Original date | 6/5/14 12:17 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 45.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/1600s |
| Aperture | 4.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-G3 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Zanthoxylum ovalifolium Family: Rutaceae (Lemon family)
Synonyms: Zanthoxylum ovalifolium var. ovalifolium
Synonyms: Zanthoxylum ovalifolium var. ovalifolium
Thorny Yellow-Wood is a shrub 1-6 m tall, with stem
brownish, smooth. Leaves are simple or compound with leaflets 8-12 x
3-4.5 cm, elliptic-obovate, apex abruptly long-pointed, smooth, nerves
15-18 pairs with an irregular intramarginal vein. Leaf-stalks are 5-10
cm long. Flowers are borne in panicles up to 5 x 2 cm, in leaf axils.
Flowers are few - male flowers are 2-3 mm long, sepals 4, triangular,
petals 2-3 mm long, white, stamens 4. Female flowers are 3-4 mm long,
staminodes 4, threadlike, flower-stalks 5 mm long. Capsule are 6 mm
across, spherical, dark brown; seed 1, round, shining. Thorny
Yellow-Wood is found in Indo-Malesia.
| Identification credit: Giby Kuriakose, Robi Jose | Photographed at Gudampara, Munnar, Kerala. |
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