| Tropical Sensitive Pea |
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| File size | 98552 |
| Original date | 10/31/09 12:16 PM |
| Resolution | 684 x 513 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 55.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 9.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL |
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Botanical name: Chamaecrista absus Family: Caesalpiniaceae (Gulmohar family)
Synonyms: Cassia absus
Synonyms: Cassia absus
Tropical Sensitive Pea is a glandular-hairy annual herb, growing up to 60
cm tall. Leaf stalks are up to 4 cm, without a gland. Leaves are compound
with 2 pairs of opposite leaflets with a gland on the main rib between
each pair. Flowers are borne at the end of branches. Petals are 5-6 mm,
yellow, orange, salmon or pinkish-red with reddish-brown veins. Stamens
are 5, nearly equal, filaments straight. Pods are 3-6 cm long, flat.
Tropical Sensitive Pea is found in disturbed grassland or open woodland,
also on roadsides, and former cultivated areas.
Identification credit: N. S. Dungriyal
| Photographed in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. |