| White Flame-Acanthus |
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| File size | 522549 |
| Original date | 1/24/16 10:37 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 16.9mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 3.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Average |
| Camera make | FUJIFILM |
| Camera model | X-S1 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Phlogacanthus albiflorus Family: Acanthaceae (Acanthus family)
Synonyms: Diotacanthus albiflorus (Bedd.) Benth.
Synonyms: Diotacanthus albiflorus (Bedd.) Benth.
White Flame-Acanthus is a shrub 6-10 ft tall. Leaves are
12 x 4 cm, nearly entire, elliptic, narrowed at both ends, nerves 7
pairs, leaf-stalk 3-6 mm long. Flowers are borne in slender, 2.5-3.7 cm
long, depressed corymb-like panicles, which are carried on 2.5-5 cm
long stalks. Flowers are pure white, tube 4 mm, limb about 2 cm. Upper
lip is notched, lower one shortly 3-lobed. Stamen filaments are as long
as the flowers. Capsule is 2.5 cm long, 3-4 mm wide, 24-seeded. White
Flame-Acanthus is found in southern Western Ghats.
| Identification credit: Anurag Sharma, Navendu Pāgé | Photographed in Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu. |
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