| Slender Tree Plant |
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| File size | 147572 |
| Original date | 9/29/09 2:38 PM |
| Resolution | 800 x 600 |
| Flash | Flash fired, red-eye reduction |
| Focal length | 55.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/80s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL |
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Botanical name: Biophytum reinwardtii Family: Oxalidaceae (Wood sorrel family)
Synonyms: Oxalis reinwardtii
Synonyms: Oxalis reinwardtii
Slender Tree Plant is an annual herb which looks like a miniature
tree. It is closely related to the Little
Tree Plant. It is named for Caspar Reinwardt, 19th century Dutch
naturalist and biologist
It grows to only 6-12 cm tall, and has erect, hairy stem.
Leaves are compound, 5-7 cm long, crowded near the base. Leaflets are
oblong, 1 cm long, stalkless, 14-20 pairs. Yellow flowers arise in umbels
of 3-7 flowers, at the top, carried on a 5-7 cm long stalk. Slender
Tree Plant is found in India, Ceylon, S. China, Malaysia, and also in the
Himalayas, from Garhwal to Nepal, at altitudes up to 1000 m.
Flowering: October-December.
| Identification credit: Santhosh Kumar, Santhosh Kumar | Photographed in Goa. |
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