| Broadleaf Bottle Tree |
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| File size | 730294 |
| Original date | 2/19/23 2:35 PM |
| Resolution | 3648 x 2736 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 35.7mm |
| Exposure time | 1/320s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | COOLPIX A900 |
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Botanical name: Brachychiton australis Family: Sterculiaceae (Cacao family)
Synonyms: Brachychiton platanoides, Sterculia trichosiphon, Trichosiphon australe
Synonyms: Brachychiton platanoides, Sterculia trichosiphon, Trichosiphon australe
Broadleaf Bottle Tree is a deciduous tree, with somewhat bottle shaped
trunk. Its other relatives have strongly bottle-shaped trunks. Leaves are
palmately lobed with 4.5-12 cm long stalks. Leaf blade is deeply palmately
5-7-lobed, 6-10 cm long, 10-16 cm broad, smooth on both sides. Lobes are
broadly ovate, rhomboid, lance-shaped or somewhat rectangular, all ending
in a sharp point. Flowers are borne in short racemes. Flowers are white to
cream, velvety, becoming rusty when dry. Flower stalks are 5-10 mm long,
jointed. Sepal cup is bell-shaped, white, 1.5-2 cm long, 1-1.5 cm across,
lobed half way down; lobes are lance-shaped. There are no real petals.
Stamens are hairy, ovary velvety, 2-3 mm long. Styles are free, joining
above. Follicles are shortly stalked, oblong-triangular, 5-7.5 cm long,
hairless.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed in Garden of Five Senses, Delhi & Lal Bagh Botanical Garden, Bangalore. |
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