| South-Indian Snake Root |
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| File size | 439079 |
| Original date | 10/16/18 10:43 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 90.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/320s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D3300 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Rauvolfia beddomei Family: Apocynaceae (Oleander family)
Synonyms: Rauvolfia hookeri, Tabernaemontana verticillata
Synonyms: Rauvolfia hookeri, Tabernaemontana verticillata
South-Indian Snake Root is a large dichotomously
branched shrub. Leaves are usually ternate, 4-10 x 2-3.5 cm, elliptic
lanceshaped, tapering at tip, narrowed at base. Flowers are borne in
cymes in leaf-axils, dichotomously branched. Flower-cluster-stalks are
slender, 3-8 cm long. Flowers are small, pinkish white, sepals 5, 2-3
mm long. Flower-tube is 4-5 mm long, inflated below the throat at
attachment of stamens; throat hairy; petals are 5, 1-2 mm long. Stamens
are 5, not protruding. tip. Fruits are partially fused, each 5-6 mm
long, 3-5 mm wide, ovoid, beaked, purple on ripening; seeds 1-2,
rugose. South-Indian Snake Root is endemic to Southern Western Ghats,
confined to Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
Flowering: October-April.
| Identification credit: S. Kasim | Photographed in Wagaman, Kerala. |
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