| Lobed-Leaf Zehneria |
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| Original date | 11/7/23 3:35 PM |
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| Focal length | 6.06mm |
| Exposure time | 1/100s |
| Aperture | 1.69 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | realme |
| Camera model | realme 11 Pro+ 5G |
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Botanical name: Zehneria scabra Family: Cucurbitaceae (Pumpkin family)
Synonyms: Bryonia cordata, Zehneria cordata, Zehneria suavis
Synonyms: Bryonia cordata, Zehneria cordata, Zehneria suavis
Lobed-Leaf Zehneria is a hairless climber up to 6 m
long. Leaves are up to 7 x 7 cm, triangular, heart-shaped at base,
3-lobed or entire, glandular toothed; leaf-stalk up to 3 cm long.
Flowers are borne in 3-5 flowered umbels, carried on
flower-cluster-stalk 1.5 cm long. Female flowers are 5 mm across;
sepal-cup tube 2 mm long, bell-shaped; petals 2.5 x 2 mm, obovate;
stigma 3-lobed. Male flowers are larger, 8 mm across; petals ovate,
pointed; anthers 1 mm long, connective velvet-hairy. Berries are 7 mm
across, borne 3-5 together, spherical; seeds 5 x 4 mm, obovate,
biconvex, smooth. Lobed-Leaf Zehneria is found in Tropical &
Subtropical Africa and India, including East Himalaya.
Flowering: February-June.
| Identification credit: S. Kasim | Photographed in Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu. |
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