| Brown Thottea |
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| File size | 654430 |
| Original date | 1/27/10 9:52 AM |
| Resolution | 0 x 0 |
| Flash | Flash fired, auto, red-eye reduction |
| Focal length | 6.4mm |
| Exposure time | 1/60s |
| Aperture | 9.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot A2000 IS |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Thottea barberi Family: Aristolochiaceae (Birthwort family)
Synonyms: Apama barberi
Synonyms: Apama barberi
Brown Thottea is a shrub, 1-1.5 m tall. Leaves
are 5-15 x 3-5 cm, elliptic lanceshaped, tapering at tip, round at
base; 3-ribbed from base. Flowers are borne in racemes in leaf-axils,
few-flowered. Flowers are brown, tepals 0.2-0.3 cm long, free. Stamens
are 6-9, anthers free. Ovary is 0.5-1 cm long. Seed-pods are 1-3.5 cm
long, 0.2-0.3 cm wide, drooping, hairless outside. Brown Thottea is
endemic to Southern Western Ghats. Flowering and fruiting: August-May.
| Identification credit: Shrishail Kulloli | Photographed in Kerala. |
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