| Tipu Tree |
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| File size | 198096 |
| Original date | 3/16/08 5:22 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto, red-eye reduction |
| Focal length | 5.8mm |
| Exposure time | 1/60s |
| Aperture | 2.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot A530 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Tipuana tipu Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Synonyms: Machaerium tipu, Tipuana speciosa
Synonyms: Machaerium tipu, Tipuana speciosa
Tipu Tree is a medium-sized tree native to Southern Brazil and to Bolivia.
It has reddish-brown fissured bark. Leaves of Tipu Tree are briefly decidious - so the tree is semi-evergreen.
Leaves are alternate, opposite and imparipinnate. They can be up to 1 foot
long. Indidual leaflets are about 6 cm long, slightly staggered oval,
numbering 23 or a few less. The leaflets are slightly paler below. The
flowers are borne in axillary racemes 10-15 cm long. The flowers are golden
yellow, sometimes orangish, shaped like sweet-pea flowers, very ornamental,
2 cm in diameter. The standard petal is 1.5-1.8 cm long. Sepals are short,
triangular. The flowers produce 3-inch long by 1-inch-wide pods. Tipu Tree
is mostly used as an ornamental street tree.
| Identification credit: Shaista Ahmad | Photographed in Lal Bagh Botanical Garden, Bangalore. |
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