| Moon-Leaf Passion Flower |
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| File size | 561501 |
| Original date | 1/20/21 8:02 AM |
| Resolution | 4608 x 3456 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 89.2mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 8.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | COOLPIX P900 |
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Botanical name: Passiflora leschenaultii Family: Passifloraceae (Passion flower family)
Synonyms: Decaloba leschenaultii, Bryonia tricuspidata
Synonyms: Decaloba leschenaultii, Bryonia tricuspidata
Moon-Leaf Passion Flower is a slender climber whose
flowers superficially look similar to those of
Passion Fruit. Flowers arise singly
in leaf-axils, 4 cm across, carried on flower-stalks 3 cm long. Petals
are 1.5 x 1 cm, ovate, blunt, white; corona is in 3 series, linear,
pinkish; gynandrophore 1 cm long; filaments 1 cm long. Sepal-cup is 1.5
cm long, deeply lobed to the base. Leaves are almost semi-circular,
reminiscent of crescent moon, 4 x 8 cm, 3-ribbed, leaf-stalks 2.5 cm
long. Berry is 4.5 x 3 cm, oblong, reddish, smooth, 3-valved; seeds 4 x
3 mm, ovoid, prominently and regularly pitted. Moon-Leaf Passion Flower
is found in Peninsular India, NE India to Myanmar.
| Identification credit: Aditya Gadkari, J.R. Kuethe | Photographed in Kotagiri, Tamil Nadu. |
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