| Wavy-Leaf Oxygonum |
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| Original date | 5/18/14 7:42 AM |
| Resolution | 640 x 480 |
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| Focal length | 55.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 8.0 |
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| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon EOS 600D |
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Botanical name: Oxygonum sinuatum Family: Polygonaceae (Knotweed family)
Synonyms: Oxygonum elongatum, Ceratogonon sinuatum
Synonyms: Oxygonum elongatum, Ceratogonon sinuatum
Wavy-Leaf Oxygonum is a more or less erect branched
annual herb, with ribbed stems up to 1 m tall, usually smaller. Leaves
are ovate-elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate in outline, up to 8 x 3 cm,
usually with 3 unequally deep lobes on each side. Flowers are borne in
2-5-flowered clusters in the axils of bracts, together appearing as
spike-like terminal or axillary inflorescences, 25-40 cm long. Flowers
are 4-5-petalled, 6-8 mm in diameter, white or pinkish. Fruit is an
erect or spreading, trigonous nut, 5-7 mm long, with 3 prickles in the
middle of the angles, pubescent. Wavy-Leaf Oxygonum is native to
Africa, naturalized in South India.
Identification credit: Medha Rao, Anurag Sharma
| Photographed in Lalbagh, Bangalore. |