| Rosy Ixora |
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| File size | 577265 |
| Original date | 1/15/08 5:28 PM |
| Resolution | 1280 x 960 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 6.3mm |
| Exposure time | 1/160s |
| Aperture | 3.8 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSC-P52 |
| Sensor type |
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Photo: Prashant Awale |
Botanical name: Ixora elongata Family: Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Synonyms: Ixora pedunculata
Synonyms: Ixora pedunculata
Rosy Ixora is a shrub around 1 metre high and rare in forest. Hairless except
the hairy flowers. Leaves stalked, elliptic or elliptic-lancelike, peduncles
4-8 inches with 2 sessile leaves below the middle. Rose flushed white flowers
occur in cymes having branches in pairs, decussated, all nearly horizontal.
Sepals very narrow, and tapering gradually to a fine point, equalling the
ovary. Flower-tube very slender, 1/2 inches long, petals very small, short
oblong, throat naked.
Identification credit: Prashant Awale
| Photographed in Village Akole, Dhangad, Maharashtra. |