| Woolly Dyeing Rosebay |
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| File size | 1415750 |
| Original date | 7/5/08 9:41 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 82.8mm |
| Exposure time | 1/320s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ18 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Wrightia arborea Family: Apocynaceae (Oleander family)
Synonyms: Periploca arborea, Wrightia tomentosa
Synonyms: Periploca arborea, Wrightia tomentosa
Woolly Dyeing Rosebay is a small deciduous tree with small branches and
densely velvety leaves. Bark is gray, thick and corky. Oppositely arranged
eliptic or obovate leaves have fine tips, and are 3-5 X 1.5-2 inches.
Flowers, 1 inch across, have an unpleasant smell, and are pale yellow or
yellowish-brown, maturing into a dull purple. They are borne in
many-flowered corymbose cymes at the end of branches. Flowers are pale
yellow with a fleshy orange-coloured corona of scales at the center.
Petals are oblong, overlapping to the left. Stamens do not prootrude out
of the flowers. Fruit are pods joined together, cylindric, 14-21 X
3-4 cm.
| Identification credit: Tony Rodd | Photographed at Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra & Amroha, Uttar Pradesh. |
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