| West-Himalayan Ceropegia |
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| Original date | 6/14/13 5:05 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 5.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/50s |
| Aperture | 2.8 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot A3300 IS |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Ceropegia wallichii Family: Apocynaceae (Oleander family)
West-Himalayan Ceropegia is a perennial herb that grows
upright and reaches a height of about 15 cm, and has spindle-shaped,
fleshy roots. The robust stem is slightly downy haired, it is leafy
only in the upper part. The leaves are stalkless or shortly stalked,
elliptic to ovate, about 2-2.5 cm long and densely downy haired on the
upper surface. The flowers appear in few to many-flowered fascicles and
are about 3-5 cm long. They are straight with oblong blunt petals hairy
margined inside. Petals are much shorter than the flower tube. Tube is
narrow, base inflated, mouth funnel shaped, acutely 5-angled. Petals
form and a narrow, oblong, obtuse crown 8-12 mm long, frilly with short
spindle-shaped stout hairs. Corona lobes are 10, triangular, frilly
hairy. Seed-pods are 1 foot long. West-Himalayan Ceropegia is found in the
Himalayas, from Uttarakhand to Nepal, at altitudes of 2500-2900 m.
| Identification credit: Amber Srivastava | Photographed in Badshahithaul, Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. |
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