| Mountain Sweet Thorn |
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| File size | 3714305 |
| Original date | 1/17/09 11:54 AM |
| Resolution | 3264 x 2448 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 82.8mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 4.2 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ18 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Flacourtia montana Family: Salicaceae (Willow family)
Mountain Sweet Thorn is a tree up to 8 m tall, endemic to the Western
Ghats. Trunk is branched and possesses simple thorns. Bark is brownish,
smooth, blaze cream. Alternately arranged leaves are narrow elliptic-
oblong, with stalks 0.4-0.9 cm long. Leaves are velvety, 7-18 cm long, 4-8
cm wide, with a tapering tip, wedge-shaped base, and toothed margin.
Flowers are small, yellowish, spherical hairy balls. Male and and female
flowers on separate trees, borne in cymes in leaf axils. Berry is red when
ripe, round and fleshy, 1-seeded.
| Identification credit: Navendu Pāgé | Photographed at Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra. |
• Is this flower misidentified? If yes,