| Indian Aspen |
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| File size | 888287 |
| Original date | 5/7/14 4:38 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/80s |
| Aperture | 4.5 |
| Focus Distance | 0.1m |
| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot SX110 IS |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Acronychia pedunculata Family: Rutaceae (Lemon family)
Synonyms: Doerrienia malabarica, Cyminosma pedunculata, Acronychia laurifolia
Synonyms: Doerrienia malabarica, Cyminosma pedunculata, Acronychia laurifolia
Indian Aspen is a large shrub or small tree of the
understory, gaps and fringes of low country and lower hill tropical
forests of tropical Asia. Leaves are elliptic to subolong, often with
tapered base. Twigs more or less angular, hairless. Flowers are
greenish white, borne in axillary corymbose panicles, about 14mm across
in inflorescences of 4-24 cm wide. The fruits are cream to brownish
yellow drupes, slightly angled, 0.5-1.5 cm in diameter with a short
apiculate tip. Leaves and fruits, and other parts of the plant, contain
aromatic oils with a resinous scent. Indian Aspen is found in India and
SE Asia, including Eastern Himalaya.
Flowering: February-April, July-August.
| Identification credit: Siddarth Machado | Photographed in Sakleshpur, Karnataka & Mizoram. |
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