| Lanceleaf Marble Tree |
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| File size | 727550 |
| Original date | 8/29/14 12:41 PM |
| Resolution | 0 x 0 |
| Flash | Flash fired, return detected, auto |
| Focal length | 66.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/60s |
| Aperture | 5.3 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D80 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Elaeocarpus lanceifolius Family: Elaeocarpaceae (Rudraksh family)
Synonyms: Elaeocarpus lacunosus, Elaeocarpus lanceolatus, Elaeocarpus serrulatus
Synonyms: Elaeocarpus lacunosus, Elaeocarpus lanceolatus, Elaeocarpus serrulatus
Lanceleaf Marble Tree is 12-20 m tall, with leaves
elliptic to narrowly elliptic, 10-18 x 2.5-5 cm, pointed to tapering,
base narrowed, hairless or thinly velvet-hairy beneath, often minutely
blistered when dry, with small glands in axils of lateral veins along
midribs beneath; leaf-stalks 1-2cm. Flowers are borne in racemes 5-7 cm
long, abut 10-flowered, flower-stalks about 0.5 cm. Sepals are
lanceshaped, 5-7 x 1.5-2 mm, becoming hairless or woolly. Petals are
white, inverted-triangular, 6-8 x 3-4 mm, thinly velvet-hairy on back
at base, divided to middle into 12-25 segments. Stamens are 26-32,
2.5-3.5 mm, with short bristle at tip. Fruit is ovoid to ellipsoid, 3-4
x 2-2.5 cm; stone 3-grooved, strongly rugose, 1-celled, 1-seeded.
Lanceleaf Marble Tree is found in the E. Himalaya, from Nepal to
Bhutan, NE India, Burma, S. China, at altitudes of 1400-2600 m.
Flowering: April-May.
| Identification credit: Amber Srivastava | Photographed in Dehradun. |
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