| Coated Swallow-Wort |
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| File size | 496517 |
| Original date | 9/19/15 11:05 AM |
| Resolution | 5184 x 3456 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 200.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 6.3 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon EOS 550D |
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Botanical name: Cynanchum tunicatum Family: Apocynaceae (Oleander family)
Synonyms: Asclepias tunicata, Cynanchum pauciflorum, Periploca tunicata
Synonyms: Asclepias tunicata, Cynanchum pauciflorum, Periploca tunicata
Coated Swallow-Wort is a herbaceous climber 1-2 m long, with slender
stems. Leaves are ovate-oblong, 5-7 cm long, with heart-shaped base, and
a tapering tip,
carried on 2-3 cm long stalk. The whole plant contain milky juice, typical
of the milkweed family. Flowers are borne in umbel-like clusters in leaf
axils. Flowers are 6-8 mm long, creamish pink, with oblong petals. The
corona is as long as the petals, white, membrane-like, with 5 linear lobes
on the margin, and small teeth between the lobes. Seed-pods are 5-6 cm
long, lanceshaped, not winged. Coated Swallow-Wort is found in the forests
of Western Ghats and other parts of India. Flowering: October.
| Identification credit: Gurcharan Singh | Photographed at Kaikondrahalli lake, Bangalore & Yelagiri Hills, Tamil Nadu. |
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