| Hairy Purple Trumpet |
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| File size | 696796 |
| Original date | 10/1/17 10:52 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 90.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/100s |
| Aperture | 6.3 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D7100 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Argyreia pilosa Family: Convolvulaceae (Morning glory family)
Hairy Purple Trumpet is a large twiner with young
branches pale reddish. Stem leaves, inflorescence, bracts and calyx are
hairy; hairs white, bulbous-based. Leaves are alternate, up to 7-14 x
6-12 cm, broadly ovate, tip pointed, base subheart-shaped; lateral
nerves 7-8 pairs; leaf-stalk 3-6 cm long. Flowers are pink, borne in
leaf-axils, in heads; flower-cluster-stalk 2-3 cm long; bract 1-1.2 cm
long, oblong-lanceshaped. Calyx is nearly free to base; sepals 5,
nearly equal, 6-8 mm long, oblong to lanceshaped, pointed. Flowers are
4-5 cm long, bell-shaped, bristly-hairy without. Stamens 5, included;
filaments unequal; anthers 2-celled; pollen grains minutely spinous.
Ovary 2-4-locular; ovules 4; style erect; stigma 2-lobed, lobes
spherical. Fruit 1.5 cm across. Hairy Purple Trumpet is endemic to
Western Ghats. Flowering: August-October.
| Identification credit: Pramod lawand | Photographed in Ajara, Kolhapur, Maharashtra. |
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