| Handsome Rattlepod |
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| Original date | 1/24/16 8:03 AM |
| Resolution | 0 x 0 |
| Flash | Flash fired, return detected |
| Focal length | 60.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/160s |
| Aperture | 11.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D5100 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Crotalaria pulchra Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Synonyms: Crotalaria pulcherrima
Synonyms: Crotalaria pulcherrima
Handsome Rattlepod is a shrub up to 3 m tall, with
beautiful eye-catching yellow flowers borne at the top. Branchlets are
densely silky. Leaves are simple, obovate to inverted-lanceshaped,
4.5-8 cm long and 2-4 cm broad. Flowers are borne in panicles at branch
ends, up to 15 cm long. Flowers are yellow, protruding from the sepal,
about 2.2 cm across, carried on a stalk about 2 cm long. Standard petal
is golden silky on the outside. Pod is oblong, up to 1 cm,
velvet-hairy, slightly protruding from the calyx, seeds about 7.
Handsome Rattlepod is found in Peninsular India. Tender leaves are
cooked as vegetable. Flowering: September-January.
| Identification credit: Arun Singh | Photographed in Bangalore, Karnataka. |
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