| Candy Corn Plant |
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| File size | 63274 |
| Original date | 2/18/07 8:49 AM |
| Resolution | 502 x 768 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/500s |
| Aperture | 4.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSC-H1 |
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Botanical name: Moullava spicata Family: Caesalpiniaceae (Gulmohar family)
Synonyms: Wagatea spicata, Caesalpinia spicata
Synonyms: Wagatea spicata, Caesalpinia spicata
Candy Corn Plant is a large, robust climber, growing to 5-20 m long. The
branches as armed with recurved prickles. The leaves are 20-30 cm long, double
pinnate. Each leaf has 5-7 pairs of leaflets, each 3-5 cm long. Strikingly
colorful flowers occur in dense spikes 30-60 cm long, at the end of branches.
The sepals are scarlet and the petals are yellow. The flowers are about 1 cm
long, and do not open fully. It has 10 stamens. The pods are 4-7 cm long,
oblong and hard. Candy Corn Plant is native to Western Ghats.
| Identification credit: Pravin Kawale | Photographed in Maharashtra. |
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