| Malabar Tree Nettle |
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| File size | 52498 |
| Original date | 1/20/11 5:04 PM |
| Resolution | 640 x 480 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 23.2mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 3.5 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot S5 IS |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Boehmeria glomerulifera Family: Urticaceae (Nettle family)
Synonyms: Boehmeria malabarica, Boehmeria oblongifolia, Boehmeria depauperata
Synonyms: Boehmeria malabarica, Boehmeria oblongifolia, Boehmeria depauperata
Malabar Tree Nettle is a large shrub or small tree, about 4 m tall. Bark
is grayish brown, smooth. Branchlets are round, velvety. Alternately
spirally arranged leaves are ovate-lanceshaped, 8-16 x 3.5-6 cm. Leaf tip
is long-pointed, base rounded, margin toothed, velvety beneath, with
glandular stinging hairs, 3-nerved at base. Stipules fall off, leaving a
scar. Leaf-stalk is up to 9.5 cm long. Tiny flowers are borne in small
spherical clusters in leaf axils. Clusters are usually unisexual,
sometimes bisexual, 4-10 mm in diameter. Male ones are on proximal part of
flower-bearing branches, female ones on distal part. Malabar Tree Nettle
is found in undergrowth in evergreen to semi-evergreen forests up to 1200
m, in Indo-Malaysia and throughout Western Ghats.
Identification credit: Dinesh Valke, Navendu Pāgé
| Photographed in Yana, Karnataka. |