| Medium Ceropegia |
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| File size | 76021 |
| Original date | 9/13/09 10:00 AM |
| Resolution | 600 x 450 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.3mm |
| Exposure time | 1/85s |
| Aperture | 3.2 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | FUJIFILM |
| Camera model | FinePix S5600 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Ceropegia media Family: Apocynaceae (Oleander family)
Medium Ceropegia is a slender twinning climber 1-2 m long. Stems are
slender, purple, and root tuberous. Oppositely arranged leaves are
narrowly linear, lanceshaped, 5-15 cm long. Leaves are hairy with a
rounded base. Flowers arise in leaf axils in clusters of 2-4. The stalk
carrying the cluster is 2-4 cm long. Flower-stalks are 1-2 cm long, hairy.
Flowers are 2-3 cm long, with a 2 cm long tube, slightly inflated at the
base. The tube enlarges at the top, to a purple mouth. The petals at the
top are purple, 1 cm long. Medium Ceropegia is found at higher elevations
in the Western Ghats. Flowering: August-September.
| Identification credit: Shubhada Nikharge | Photographed at Kas Plateau, Satara, Maharashtra. |
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