| Broadleaf Redberry Tree |
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| File size | 241693 |
| Original date | 3/4/14 3:09 PM |
| Resolution | 1440 x 1080 |
| Flash | Flash fired, return detected, auto |
| Focal length | 55.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/60s |
| Aperture | 8.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D3100 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Microtropis latifolia Family: Celastraceae (Spike-thorn family)
Broadleaf Redberry Tree is a small tree, up to 5 m
tall. Branches are round, black-purple. Leaves are simple, opposite to
nearly so, decussate; leaf-stalk 0.5-1 cm long, channeled. Leaves are
7-15 x 2.5-6.5 cm, elliptic or oblong-lanceshaped, tapering, base
pointed to narrowed, margin entire, margins reflexed, pale beneath,
hairless, leathery; secondary nerves about 8 pairs, not prominent;
tertiary nerves obscure. Flowers are white, borne in stalkless
clusters, in leaf-axils. Capsule is ellipsoid, 1.5 cm long; 1-seeded.
Broadleaf Redberry Tree is endemic to Western Ghats.
| Identification credit: Arun Singh | Photographed in Western Ghats. |
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