| Flaky-Barked Tea-Tree |
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| File size | 237740 |
| Original date | 5/23/12 7:04 AM |
| Resolution | 1400 x 1050 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.1mm |
| Exposure time | 1/160s |
| Aperture | 4.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-TZ10 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Leptospermum trinervium Family: Myrtaceae (Bottlebrush family)
Synonyms: Leptospermum pendulum, Leptospermum lucidum
Synonyms: Leptospermum pendulum, Leptospermum lucidum
Flaky-Barked Tea-Tree is a shrub or small tree, 2-5
m tall, bark in thin flaking layers, younger stems velvety. Leaves are
broad-obovate to very narrow-elliptic and falcate, 1-2 cm long, 1-6 mm
wide, silky, smooth, tip rounded to long-pointed, point blunt. Base is
tapering or rounded, shortly stalked. Flowers are borne solitary or 2
together, 0.7-15 mm diameter, white. Hypanthium is 3 or more mm long
velvety. Sepals are 1.5-2.5 mm long, pubescent. Petals 5-7 mm long.
Stamens are 1.5-2 mm long. Ovary is 4- or 5-locular. Fruit is 3-6 mm in
diameter, pubescentvelvety, valves not protruding. Flaky-Barked
Tea-Tree is native to Australia, cultivated in India.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed in Ooty, Tamil Nadu. |