| Robust Leea |
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| File size | 331952 |
| Original date | 8/16/13 10:25 AM |
| Resolution | 1200 x 900 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 6.3mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 5.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSC-P52 |
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Botanical name: Leea robusta Family: Vitaceae (Grape family)
Synonyms: Leea aspera
Synonyms: Leea aspera
Robust Leea is a large shrub with 1-3-compound leaves.
Leaflets are 5 or 7, up to 28 x 12 cm, oblong, pointed, rounded at
base, toothed, velvet-hairy along nerves. Nerves are 14 pairs, nervules
parallel. Stalks of leaflets are 3 cm long. Flower cymes are borne in
leaf axils, 10 cm across, carried on stalks up to 12 cm long. Branches
are hairy. Flowers are green, 5 mm across, larger than in most other
species of the genus. Sepals are ovate, pointed. Petals are 2 mm long.
Bracts are large, persistent. Capsule is 6 mm across, black. Robust
Leea is found in Eastern Himalayas and Western Ghats, up 1500 m.
Identification credit: Prashant Awale, Gurumurthi Hegde, Shrikant Ingalhalikar
| Photographed on Panhalgad-Vishalgad route, Maharashtra. |