| Deccan Urn-Flower |
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| File size | 202750 |
| Original date | 8/20/15 4:24 PM |
| Resolution | 1024 x 768 |
| Flash | Flash fired |
| Focal length | 3.31mm |
| Exposure time | 1/100s |
| Aperture | 2.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | SAMSUNG |
| Camera model | GT-I9060 |
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Botanical name: Heterostemma decanense Family: Apocynaceae (Oleander family)
Synonyms: Oianthus deccanensis
Synonyms: Oianthus deccanensis
Deccan Urn-Flower is an endangered twining plant
that is somewhat shrubby, with branchlets puberulent. Leaves are
opposite, up to 14 x 12 cm, broadly ovate, pointed, base heart-shaped
on the main stem, ovate-lanceshaped with pointed base on branches,
puberulent above and hairless below, subleathery; leaf-stalk to 3 cm
long. Sepals are ovate, blunt, 2 mm long. Flower is 8-12 mm long,
ovoid-urn-shaped or tubular, petals triangular, pale-pink; corona
cup-shaped, scales longer than the gynostegium proper. Deccan
Urn-Flower is found in Peninsular India. Flowering: August-October.
| Identification credit: Sushant More | Photographed in Maharashtra. |
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