| Malabar Stone Flower |
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| Original date | 7/21/16 3:37 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 55.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 7.1 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D5300 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Henckelia innominata Family: Gesneriaceae (Gloxinia family)
Synonyms: Didymocarpus innominatus
Synonyms: Didymocarpus innominatus
Malabar Stone Flower is a perennial, rosette-forming,
hairy herb with rootstocks and thin adventitious roots. Flowers are
borne in cymes in leaf axils, 2-7 per plant, 3-5 times divided,
12-22-flowered. Flower-cluster-stalks are 18-24 cm long; bracts linear,
3-5 x 1.3-2.4 mm; flower-stalks 4-14 mm long. Flowers are 10-20 x 4-9
mm, zygomorphic, two-lipped and glandular-hairy outside. Sepals are
2-2.9 x 0.68-1 mm. Flowers are pale lilac with yellow throat; tube
6.8-7.9 x 5.3-6.2 mm. Stamens are 2; anthers 1.45-1.6 x 0.62-0.7 mm.
Leaves are 6-15, basal, usually in whorls of three; leaf-stalks 2.5-9
cm long, velvet-hairy and winged, wings 13 mm broad. Leaves are
elliptic, 8.5-12 x 4.7-6.7 cm, pointed, narrowed to a wedge-shaped
base, doubly sawtoothed, rugose and bristly on both surfaces; veins
usually 5 on each side, prominent beneath. Capsules are cylindrical,
straight, 12-19 x 1.4-1.6 mm, reddish brown. Malabar Stone Flower is
found in Southern Western Ghats. Flowering: June-September.
| Identification credit: Janeesha A.P. | Photographed in Kalakkad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu. |
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