| Wing-Seed Sesame |
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| File size | 152357 |
| Original date | 9/17/14 9:51 AM |
| Resolution | 640 x 480 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 1.8mm |
| Exposure time | 1/300s |
| Aperture | 2.4 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DCR-SR47E |
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Botanical name: Sesamum alatum Family: Pedaliaceae (Sesame family)
Synonyms: Volkameria alata
Synonyms: Volkameria alata
Wing-Seed Sesame is an erect annual herb, 50-150
cm. Leaves are heteromorphic, lower leaves 3-5-foliolate or very deeply
divided with narrow, linear-lanceshaped lobes, upper leaves simple,
hairless, except for some mucilage glands, margin entire. Flowers are
3.5 cm in diameter, reddish pink with darker lines in the lower petal.
Fruit is a obconical, beaked capsule. Seeds are winged at both ends.
Wing-Seed Sesame is native to Africa and Andhra Pradesh in India.
| Identification credit: S. Kasim | Photographed in Tamil Nadu. |
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