| Wavy Trumpet Flower |
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| File size | 100247 |
| Original date | 5/28/11 4:54 PM |
| Resolution | 932 x 699 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/160s |
| Aperture | 4.5 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot S5 IS |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Dolichandrone atrovirens Family: Bignoniaceae (Jacaranda family)
Synonyms: Bignonia atrovirens, Bignonia crispa, Spathodea atrovirens
Synonyms: Bignonia atrovirens, Bignonia crispa, Spathodea atrovirens
Wavy Trumpet Flower is a deciduous tree, up to 16 m tall. Branchlets are
velvet hairy. Leaves are pinnately compound, up to 10 cm long, carried on
5-5 cm long stalk. Leaflets are 5-7, elliptic, 3.2-6.5 cm long, 1.8-3.6 cm
wide, tip long-pointed, base flat, nerves prominent on both sides. Flowers
are white, borne in cymes in leaf axils. Stalk of the cyme is up to 8 cm long. Flowers are 4.5-5.2 x 0.8-1.2 cm. Fruit capsule is up to a foot long, brown, ribbed, seeds winged. Wavy Trumpet Flower is found in
peninsular India. Flowering: April-June.
| Identification credit: Shrikant Ingalhalikar | Photographed in Suttagatti, Karnataka. |
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