| Large-Flower Sonerila |
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| File size | 555729 |
| Original date | 10/28/25 8:19 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 5.43mm |
| Exposure time | 1/100s |
| Aperture | 1.89 |
| Focus Distance | 0.159m |
| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
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| Camera model | Pixel 7a |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Sonerila grandiflora Family: Melastomataceae (Melastome family)
Synonyms: Cassebeeria grandiflora
Synonyms: Cassebeeria grandiflora
Large-Flower Sonerila is a herb up to 30 cm tall, with
stem minutely striped, reddish, woody below. Leaves are up to 4 x 2.2
cm, elliptic, pointed at tip; narrowed at base; sharply saw-toothed,
5-6 nerved from the base. Leaf-stalks are 1-2 cm long, reddish.
Flower-cluster-stalks are 3 cm long, 3-5-flowered. Flowers are 2.5 cm
across, carried on stalks 1 cm long. Petals are 1.3 x 1 cm, obovate,
pointed, pink; anthers 6 mm long, bottle-shaped, tapering; sepals
triangular, with a black gland at tip. Capsules are 1 cm long, obovoid.
Large-Flower Sonerila is found in Western Ghats. Flowering:
November-December.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed at Injikadavu, Kanyakumari Wildlife Sanctuary, Tamil Nadu. |
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