| Yellow-Spotted Kamala |
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| File size | 89053 |
| Original date | 1/20/11 2:48 PM |
| Resolution | 912 x 684 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/80s |
| Aperture | 2.7 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot S5 IS |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Mallotus aureopunctatus Family: Euphorbiaceae (Castor family)
Synonyms: Rottlera aureo-punctata
Synonyms: Rottlera aureo-punctata
Yellow-Spotted Kamala is a tree up to 5 m tall. Branchlets are round,
minutely velvety to hairless. Oppositely arranged leaves occur in unequal
pairs, 9.5-19.5 x 2.6-7 cm, elliptic-lanceshaped. Leaf-stalks are up to
1.5 cm long, grooved. Tip is long-pointed, often falling off. Base is
narrow or broad, margins are widely undulating or toothed. Leaves are
resinous yellow glandular on the underside. Flowers are unisexual,
inflorescence racemes, shorter than leaves. Capsules are 3 lobed with hard
conical spines, to 1.5 cm across. Yellow-Spotted Kamala is occasionally
found in the understorey in evergreen forests up to 1600 m. It is endemic
to the Western Ghats- South and Central Sahyadris.
Identification credit: Prashant Awale
| Photographed in Yana, Karnataka. |