| Purple Palas Climber |
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| File size | 767088 |
| Original date | 1/18/24 2:39 PM |
| Resolution | 5472 x 3648 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 16.49mm |
| Exposure time | 1/80s |
| Aperture | 3.2 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DC-FZ10002 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Spatholobus purpureus Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Synonyms: Butea purpurea
Synonyms: Butea purpurea
Purple Palas Climber is a large climber with stems
downy. Leaves are trifoliate, leaflets ovate-oblong, abruptly tapering,
rounded at base, hairless, lateral nerves 6 pairs, regular; leaf-stalk
7 cm long. Flowers are borne in panicles 18 x 10 cm, at branch-ends,
rusty downy; flower-stalks 4 mm long, slender. Flowers many, light
pink; sepal-cup 2.5 mm long, sepals blunt; standard 8 x 5 mm, obovate;
wings 6 mm long, slightly velvet-hairy; keel hairless. Pods are 10 x
2.5 cm, oblong, narrowed at both ends, compressed and thin. Purple
Palas Climber is found in Western Ghats and Myanmar.
| Identification credit: Anoop Balan | Photographed at Agumbe, Karnataka. |
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