| Deccan Morning Glory |
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| File size | 698625 |
| Original date | 10/28/17 11:52 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash fired, return detected |
| Focal length | 90.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 10.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D7100 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Ipomoea deccana Family: Convolvulaceae (Morning glory family)
Synonyms: Ipomoea bracteata Wight, Ipomoea deccana var. lobata
Synonyms: Ipomoea bracteata Wight, Ipomoea deccana var. lobata
Deccan Morning Glory is a small climber found in the
undergrowth of forests on ground ferns and small herbs, velvet-hairy
with spreading trichomes. Leaves are entire or 3-5-lobed, Flowers are
borne in boat-shaped involucrate bract, in head like cymose cluster.
The outer bracts are ovate, basally flat-heart-shaped, apically
pointed, each separate bract 1.5 cm long, the inner bracts smaller.
Flowers are stalkless to nearly so. Sepals are nearly equal,
lanceshaped-tapering, 7-9 mm long, velvet-hairy with spreading
trichomes. Flowers are purplish to pink, funnel-shaped, 1.5-2 cm long.
Fruits are nearly spherical, 5 mm long, brown, hairless. Deccan
Morning Glory is found in India and Sri Lanka.
Flowering: November-January.
| Identification credit: Sushant More | Photographed in Marleshwar, Ratanagiri, Maharashtra. |
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