| Kerala Acrotrema |
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| File size | 301932 |
| Original date | 10/29/22 9:40 AM |
| Resolution | 4000 x 3000 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.745mm |
| Exposure time | 1/100s |
| Aperture | 1.75 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | OnePlus |
| Camera model | AC2001 |
| Sensor type | Undefined |
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Botanical name: Acrotrema arnottianum Family: Dilleniaceae (Karmal family)
Kerala Acrotrema is a plant named for George
Arnold Walker-Arnott, 19th century Scottish botanist and Professor of
Botany at Glasgow University. Leaves are obovate oblong, 15-30 cm long,
7-12 cm wide, at the base rounded to heart-shaped, with toothed
margins, tip blunt, obtuse, winged stalk 2-8 cm long. Leaves are red
when young. Flowers have sepals 8-9 mm long, red or pink, the petals
obovate, 8 mm long, yellow, grouped in dense terminal racemes. Stamens
are 50-70. Kerala Acrotrema is found on river banks, forests, up to
800 m. It is endemic to Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
| Identification credit: E S Santhosh Kumar | Photographed near IISER Tiruvanantapuram. |
• Is this flower misidentified? If yes,