| Wild Toor |
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| File size | 1332074 |
| Original date | 12/31/07 10:28 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1360 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 6.3mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 4.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSC-P52 |
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Photo: Prashant Awale |
Botanical name: Cajanus lineatus Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Synonyms: Atylosia lineata
Synonyms: Atylosia lineata
Wild Toor is a wild cousin of the common Toor Dal. It is an erect perennial
shrub, with densely hairy branches. Leaves are compound with 3 leaflets and
a stalk 1-1.5 cm long. Leaflets are 1.5-3 x 0.6-1 cm, with the central one
larger, rhomboid or inverted egg-shaped, with a sharp tip. Lateral leaflets
are ovate, with base rounded, unequal. All leaflets have 3 nerves starting
from base, are densely velvet-hairy and orange-red tinged beneath. Pea-shaped yellow flowers
1-4 together, in axillary cyme, each to 1.5 cm long. Five sepals united, 5
mm long, unequal, middle lower sepal longer, densely hairy. Petals 5, free,
yellowish, 1 cm long ; standard petal circular, eared at base.
Flowering:November-January.
Identification credit: Navendu Pāgé
| Photographed in Lonavala, Maharashtra. |