| Spurred Butterfly Pea |
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| File size | 480202 |
| Original date | 12/22/19 11:07 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 3.84mm |
| Exposure time | 1/161s |
| Aperture | 2.2 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | Xiaomi |
| Camera model | Redmi Y2 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Centrosema molle Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Synonyms: Centrosema pubescens sensu auct., non Benth.
Synonyms: Centrosema pubescens sensu auct., non Benth.
Spurred Butterfly Pea is a perennial twining herb,
sometimes forming mats. Leaves are 3-foliolate, leaflets up to 6.5 cm
long, elliptic or oblong-lanceshaped, more or less velvety on both
surfaces; leaf-stalk 1-5.5 cm long. Inflorescences several-flowered, in
leaf-axils; flower-cluster-stalk 2.5-5.5 cm long. Standard petal is up
to 4 × 3.5 cm, mauve-purple with a white or yellowish central band,
often flanked by darker purple lines, velvet-hairy outside, with a
short spur outside just above the claw. Pods are linear, 5-17 cm long
with 2 raised ribs along the edges of the valves, velvety when young,
becoming hairless. Spurred Butterfly Pea is native to Central America,
cultivated and now naturalized widely in India.
| Identification credit: Prashant Awale | Photographed in Payyannur, Kerala. |
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