| Broad-Leaf False Eranthemum |
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| File size | 514977 |
| Original date | 4/29/17 7:22 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 105.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D7100 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Pseuderanthemum latifolium Family: Acanthaceae (Acanthus family)
Synonyms: Justicia latifolia, Justicia palatifera, Pseuderanthemum palatiferum
Synonyms: Justicia latifolia, Justicia palatifera, Pseuderanthemum palatiferum
Broad-Leaf False Eranthemum is a perenniak herb up
to 1 m tall. Stems are 4-angled, velvet-hairy. Leaf-stalk 1-2.5 mm;
leaf blade elliptic, 11.5-12 × 3.5-6 cm, below hairless except hairy on
midvein, above hairless, secondary veins 5 or 6 on each side of
midvein, base wedge-shaped, margin nearly entire to slightly
wavy-crenulate, tip tapering. Flowers are borne in racemes up to 30 cm;
axis velvet-hairy, usually with 3-flowered clusters at nodes; bracts
triangular, 4-6 x about 2 mm, velvet-hairy; bracteoles similar to
bracts. Flower-stalks are 0.5-2 mm. Calyx is 5-6 mm, outside
velvet-hairy; sepals linear, 4.5-5.5 × about 1 mm. Flower are light
purple with purple dots on lower lip, 2-3 cm. Flower-tube is linear,
unusually long, 1.5-2.5 cm. Petals are 3-4 x about 3 mm. Style is
basally velvet-hairy. Capsules are about 2.5 cm, velvet-hairy. Seeds
ovate in outline, about 4 × 4 mm, rugose.
Aug-Sep.Broad-Leaf False Eranthemum is found in Forests at altitudes of
100-1600 m, in Cambodia, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand,
Vietnam. Flowering: April-June.
| Identification credit: Siddarth Machado | Photographed in Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam. |
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