| South-Indian Mimosa |
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| File size | 219668 |
| Original date | 11/1/14 2:22 PM |
| Resolution | 1200 x 900 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 96.858mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot SX400 IS |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Mimosa rubicaulis Family: Mimosaceae (Touch-me-not family)
South-Indian Mimosa is a large straggling shrub which is very prickly.
It sports long clusters of many pink spherical flower-heads which are
1-1.5 cm across. The flowers fade to white - so, at any time the clusters
sport both pink and white flower-heads. Leaves are doubke-compound, 8-15
cm long, with thorny rachis. Leaves have 3-6 pairs of side-stalks, each
with 14 pairs of tiny oblong leaflets 4-8 mm. Pods are thin, flat,
curved, 8-13 cm long, 1 cm wide, breaking into 4-10 rectangular 1-seeded
units, leaving the remains of the pod attached to the shoot. It is
considered useful for hedges.
South-Indian Mimosa is found in South-India. Flowering: June-September.
| Identification credit: Nidhan Singh, Santhan P. | Photographed in Coimbatore Dist., Tamil Nadu. |
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