| Santapau's Justicia |
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| File size | 304667 |
| Original date | 1/27/10 8:09 AM |
| Resolution | 984 x 738 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/40s |
| Aperture | 3.5 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot S5 IS |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Justicia santapaui Family: Acanthaceae (Acanthus family)
Synonyms: Justicia montana, Justicia andersonii
Synonyms: Justicia montana, Justicia andersonii
Erect herbs or undershrubs. Leaves opposite, elliptic-lanceolate, apex
acute, narrowed at base, petiole 1-4 cm long. Flowers clustered in
paniculate spikes 15-35 cm, at the end of branches. Lower cluster are
farther apart from each other as compared to the upper ones.
Flowers to 2.5 cm long, white, with pink streaks. Sepals 5, lance-like,
hairy. Flowers 2-lipped, velvet-hairy; tube to 1 cm long ; 3-lobed ;
Stamens 2 ; filaments dilated below, anther cells unequal, spurred. Ovary
2-locule ; ovules 2 in each locule ; style erect, hairy below ; stigma
bilobed. Capsule 2.5 cm long, clavate, pubescent ; seeds 4, rugose. Flowering: December-February.
Identification credit: Prashant Awale
| Photographed in Maharashtra. |