| Indian Box Thorn |
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| File size | 972742 |
| Original date | 12/27/07 1:51 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 8.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/147s |
| Aperture | 3.2 |
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| Metering Mode | Partial |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | E3700 |
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Botanical name: Lycium edgeworthii Family: Solanaceae (Potato family)
Synonyms: Lycium indicum, Lycium europeum
Synonyms: Lycium indicum, Lycium europeum
Indian Box Thorn is a spiny climbing shrub, 1-2 m tall. Stem and branches
are hairless, ash-gray in color. Leaves are 5-20 mm long, 2-7 mm wide,
obovate, elliptic-oblong, with a blunt or pointed tip. Flowers are small,
white, tubular to funnel-shaped, with 3 mm long petals at the edge of a
long tube. Flower stalks are 3-6 mm long. Sepal cup is tubular to funnel-
shaped, with sepals 1-1.5 mm long. Some stamens are somewhat protruding.
Berry is 3.5 mm broad, round. Seeds are about 2.5 mm long, kidney-shaped,
brownish. Indian Box Thorn is found in S. Iran, Pakistan and India. Flowering: October-January.
Identification credit: Pankaj Joshi
| Photographed in Delhi. |