| Climbing Oleander |
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| File size | 71753 |
| Original date | 1/9/08 11:42 AM |
| Resolution | 800 x 600 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 7.8mm |
| Exposure time | 1/383s |
| Aperture | 2.8 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | E5200 |
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Photo: Aarti Khale |
Botanical name: Strophanthus gratus Family: Apocynaceae (Oleander family)
Climbing Oleander is an
evergreen, clambering vine or rambling shrub, to 25 feet or more from West
Africa. It has shiny leathery olive green, oblong to elliptical leaves, up to 6
inches long. Flowers in spring with clusters of showy, rose-scented, white or
tinged with pink flowers with a darker throat, up to 2 inches in diameter,
tube up to 1.6 inches long, lobes with crisped margins. Flower shape has some
resemblance to Oleander flowers and also to Allamanda, hence the two common
names. Dry fruit, up to 15 inches long, containing glabrous seeds.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed Jijamata Udyan, Mumbai. |
• Is this flower misidentified? If yes,