| Rheed's Balsam |
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| File size | 735822 |
| Original date | 10/29/07 2:06 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash fired |
| Focal length | 23.1mm |
| Exposure time | 1/40s |
| Aperture | 4.9 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon DIGITAL IXUS 700 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Impatiens rheedii Family: Balsaminaceae (Balsam family)
Rheed's Balsam is a rare annual, erect herb, with
stems slender, flaccid. It has not been spotted since 1834, when it
was first found. Leaves are opposite, oblong-lanceshaped, narrowed at
base, pointed at tip, rounded toothed-sawtoothed along margins,
7.5-12.5 cm long, sparsely hairy. Flowers are borne in leaf-axils,
singly or in fascicles, pink or mauve with dark streaks; flower-stalks
2.5-4 cm long, deflexed in fruits. Lateral sepals are oblong or linear,
falling off. Lip is concave, nearly equal to petals; spurs longer than
flowers, subulate. Wings are oblong, clawed, entire or with minute
basal lobes. Capsules are oblong, about 1.8 cm long. Rheed's Balsam is
endemic to Western Ghats in Malabar at low elevations.
| Identification credit: Shrishail Kulloli | Photographed in Kerala. |
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