| Spreading Caper |
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| File size | 114037 |
| Original date | 7/3/08 5:47 PM |
| Resolution | 600 x 450 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 12.7mm |
| Exposure time | 1/500s |
| Aperture | 5.4 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | E5700 |
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Botanical name: Capparis divaricata Family: Capparaceae (Caper family)
Spreading Caper is a bushy shrub to a small tree, with spreading branches.
Bark is very rough, brown, deeply cleft, 1 inch thick. Leaves are linear
or elliptic-lanceshaped, 1.5-3 inch long, 0.25-1 inch wide, on short
stalks, thick, leathery. Stipular spines are straight. Flowers are yellow-
green, 4-6 cm across, on 1.2-2.5 cm long stalks. Sepals are 4, ovate.
Petals are oblong, rounded at the tip, velvety. The center has a mass of 3
cm long stamens, characteristic of all capers. Fruit is 2-3 inches in
diameter, nearly round, 5-6 ribbed, tubercled. Flowering: February-March.
| Identification credit: Satish Phadke | Photographed in Maharashtra. |
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