| Wedge-Leaf Foldwing |
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| File size | 143220 |
| Original date | 1/21/16 4:27 PM |
| Resolution | 700 x 525 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 75.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 9.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon EOS 7D |
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Botanical name: Dicliptera cuneata Family: Acanthaceae (Acanthus family)
Synonyms: Diapedium cuneatum, Justicia latebrosa,
Synonyms: Diapedium cuneatum, Justicia latebrosa,
Wedge-Leaf Foldwing is a subshrub with leaves 5-7 x
3-5 cm, elliptic, tip tapering, base rounded or wedge-shaped, bristly;
leaf-stalk 2-3 cm long. Flowers are pink, 8 mm long, tube slender;
filaments hairy. They are borne in stalkless or shortly stalked,
head-like cymes. Flowers are up to to 13 together; sepals 7 mm long,
lanceshaped, bristly. Bracts are 1.8 x 1.2 cm, obovate, blunt, with a
fine point, bristly; bracteoles 5 mm long, lanceshaped, tapering to a
point. Wedge-Leaf Foldwing is endemic to Peninsular India. Flowering:
November-February.
| Identification credit: P.S. Sivaprasad | Photographed in Pachamalai, Namakkal distt., Tamil Nadu. |
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