| Blue Lips |
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| File size | 539200 |
| Original date | 10/14/16 7:32 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 31.8mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 5.1 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | COOLPIX L120 |
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Botanical name: Sclerochiton harveyanus Family: Acanthaceae (Acanthus family)
Blue Lips is a multi-stemmed rounded shrub that can
reach 3 x 3 m, occasionally growing to a small tree at 4 m high.
However it can also be grown as a pot plant. Its branches are
soft-wooded, thin and lax, and occasionally scramble onto support.
Leaves are glossy deep-green above and dull-green on the underside,
oval to elliptic, about 5 x 2.5 cm, opposite on 5-mm long stalks.
Flowers are solitary, borne on stem tips. Flowers are mauve-blue to
purple and the lower petals are ribbed, giving the impression of lips.
The flowers can be distinguished by 5 fringed lobes, equal in size,
short and rounded. Flowering is followed by a green fruiting capsule
with a tapering tip. Blue Lips is native to Eastern Cape to Zimbabwe,
cultivated worldwide.
| Identification credit: Shamita Ghosh | Photographed in West Bengal. |
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