| Comb Snake Root |
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| File size | 383868 |
| Original date | 11/23/20 2:11 PM |
| Resolution | 2560 x 1440 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 3.7mm |
| Exposure time | 1/106s |
| Aperture | 2.2 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | LG Electronics |
| Camera model | LG-M250 |
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Botanical name: Ophiorrhiza pectinata Family: Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Synonyms: Ophiorrhiza falcata, Ophiorrhiza imbricata
Synonyms: Ophiorrhiza falcata, Ophiorrhiza imbricata
Comb Snake Root is an erect herbs, up to 40 cm high,
hairless. Leaves are up to 17 x 5 cm, elliptic-lanceshaped, tapering at
both ends; nerves about 8 pairs; leaf-stalk up to 5 cm long; stipule
ovate, pointed. Flowers are borne in cymes 2-5 cm broad, carried on
flower-cluster-stalk up to 6 cm long. Flowers are densely packed.
Flower tube is 8 mm long with a ring of erect hairs at throat, petals
ovate, pointed; anthers nearly stalkless, sepals ovate, hairless.
Bracteoles are 8 x 4 mm, curved-oblong, pointed, arranged comb-like.
Capsule 5 x 12 mm, 2-winged, hairless; seeds squarish, brown. Comb
Snake Root is found in Peninsular India and Sri Lanka. Flowering:
July-September.
| Identification credit: E S Santhosh Kumar, S. Kasim | Photographed in Chathamattom & Teekoyi, Kerala. |
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