| Khasi Sonerila |
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| File size | 259437 |
| Original date | 9/24/16 12:39 PM |
| Resolution | 1400 x 1050 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 140.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/80s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D5300 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Sonerila khasiana Family: Melastomataceae (Melastome family)
Synonyms: Cassebeeria khasiana
Synonyms: Cassebeeria khasiana
Khasi Sonerila is a stemless herb with bristly leaves
and mauve to pink flowers borne in 1-4-flowered clusters, on
2.5-6 cm long flower-cluster-stalks. Flowers are about 1.5 cm across,
with petals elliptic pointed, about 8 mm long. Stamens are prominent
with long yellow anthers. Leaves are ovate, often pointed, entire,
fringed with hairs, 5-nerved from the base, or the 2 upper nerves
arising from the midrib. Leaves usually have scattered bristly hairs
above. Leaf-stalks are 1.2-3.5 cm long. There are bundles of rufous
bristles 3-6 mm long, at the base of leaf-stalks. Capsules are oblong,
3-5 mm, shorter than flower-stalks. Khasi Sonerila is found in Eastern
Himalayas, from Nepal, S-Tibet, to NE India (prominently in the hills
of Meghalaya), Myanmar, Bhutan, at altitudes of 1300-1600 m.
| Identification credit: Durgesh Verma | Photographed in Pynursula, Shillong Meghalaya. |
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