| Tilo Balsam |
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| File size | 335452 |
| Original date | 10/29/07 2:38 PM |
| Resolution | 1480 x 1110 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| 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 tilo Family: Balsaminaceae (Balsam family)
Synonyms: Balsamina tilo
Synonyms: Balsamina tilo
Tilo Balsam is and erect annual herbs, with stems
slender, flaccid. Leaves are opposite, 7.5-12.5 cm long,
oblong-lanceshaped, narrowed at base, pointed at tip, rounded
toothed-sawtoothed along margins, sparsely hairy. Flowers are borne in
leaf-axils, singly or in fascicles, pink or mauve with dark streaks.
Flower-stalks are 2.5-4 cm long, deflexed in fruits. Lateral sepals are
oblong or linear, caduceus. Lip is concave, nearly equal to petals;
spurs longer than flowers, slender and tapering to a point. Wings are
oblong, clawed, entire or with minute basal lobes. Capsules are oblong,
about 1.8 cm long. Tilo Balsam is endemic to Southern Western Ghats,
in Kerala.
| Identification credit: Shrishail Kulloli | Photographed in Kerala. |
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