| Asian Tick Trefoil |
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| File size | 352529 |
| Original date | 9/30/07 9:34 AM |
| Resolution | 2816 x 2112 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/50s |
| Aperture | 3.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ7 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Desmodium heterocarpon Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Synonyms: Hedysarum heterocarpon
Asian Tick Trefoil is a nearly erect subshrub usually 0.5-1.5 m tall. Stems usually many-branched, appressed pubescent in upper part. Leaves 1-3-foliolate, leaflets usually elliptic, terminal one 2.5-6 cm long. Flowers numerous in racemose inflorescences 5-10 cm long. Flowers pink to purplish red, pea like. Pods narrowly oblong, 4-8-jointed, 1-2.8 cm long, densely hooked pubescent,2.5-3 mm long, 2-3 mm wide.
Identification credit: Pravin Kawal, Dinesh Valke
| Photographed at Nagla forests, Maharashtra. |