| Watermelon Pepper |
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| File size | 449708 |
| Original date | 11/28/19 10:48 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash fired, return detected |
| Focal length | 60.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 25.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D3200 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Peperomia argyreia Family: Piperaceae (Pepper family)
Synonyms: Peperomia sandersii
Synonyms: Peperomia sandersii
Watermelon Pepper is a stemless succulent herb up to
20 cm. Leaves are wide-ovate, up to 12 x 9 cm, with the stalk attached
not at the edge. Leaves have base round and tip sharp, glossy,
silver-grey with wide green stripes along the veins. Leaf-stalk is
long, up to 20 cm, red. Flowers are minute, pale green, borne on long,
dense, erect spikes. Watermelon Pepper is native to South America,
cultivated worldwide.
| Identification credit: P.S. Sivaprasad | Photographed in cultivation in Kalimpong West Bengal & Palakkad, Kerala. |
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