| Three-Angled Rattlepod |
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| File size | 494213 |
| Original date | 11/6/14 5:01 PM |
| Resolution | 0 x 0 |
| Flash | Flash fired, return detected |
| Focal length | 60.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/160s |
| Aperture | 14.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D5100 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Crotalaria triquetra Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Synonyms: Crotalaria triquetra var. garanbiensis
Synonyms: Crotalaria triquetra var. garanbiensis
Three-Angled Rattlepod is an annual herb, erect to
ascending, up to 50 cm tall. Branches are 3-angled, velvet-hairy.
Stipules are linear-lanceshaped, about 3 mm, falling off. Leaves are
simple; leaf-stalk about 1 mm; leaf blade elliptic-oblong, 2-3 × 0.7-1
cm, upper surface pellucid dotted, secondary veins 7 or 8 on each side
of midvein, base rounded, tip blunt. Racemes at branch-ends or
leaf-opposed, 1-3-flowered. Flower-stalk is as long as calyx. Calyx
2-lipped, divided to about 1/2 its length, velvet-hairy; sepals
triangular-lanceshaped. Flower are pale yellow, 1-1.2 cm, longer than
calyx; standard ovate, base with 2 appendages; wings oblong, slightly
shorter than standard; keel ± as long as wings, angled near base, beak
straight and twisted. Legume cylindric, about 2 cm, about 16-seeded,
pubescent. Three-Angled Rattlepod is found in open grasslands,
wastelands below 300 m, in S Taiwan, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka.
| Identification credit: M.V. Krishnaraj | Photographed in Nelliyampathy, Kerala. |
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