| Dwarf Jatropha |
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| File size | 211841 |
| Original date | 7/18/14 6:08 PM |
| Resolution | 800 x 600 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 33.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| 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: Jatropha nana Family: Euphorbiaceae (Castor family)
Dwarf Jatropha is a small sparingly branched shrub,
1-2 ft tall. Leaves are broadly wedge-shaped, 3-5 inches across, entire
or 3-lobed. Lobes are broad, pointed. Leaves are carried on 3-5 mm
long, stout stalks. Flowers are small, yellowish with 5 entire sepals, stalked,
borne in few-flowered cymes on branch ends. Stamens are 8, all united in
the lower half. Styles are slender, stigmas head-like. Fruits are 1 cm long,
obovoid-oblong capsules, flattened at the top, somewhat 6-lobed.
Dwarf Jatropha is found around Pune city, Maharashtra.
| Identification credit: Ashish Nerlekar | Photographed in Pune , Maharashtra. |
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