| Travancore Asystasia |
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| File size | 531468 |
| Original date | 1/27/16 8:47 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.1mm |
| Exposure time | 1/400s |
| Aperture | 2.8 |
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| Metering Mode | Average |
| Camera make | FUJIFILM |
| Camera model | X-S1 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Asystasia travancorica Family: Acanthaceae (Acanthus family)
Travancore Asystasia is an erect herb, 50-70 cm
tall. Leaves are up to 15 x 1.5 cm, pointed to tapering at both ends,
hairless or thinly hairy; nerves 5-6 pairs, oblique. Flowers are borne
in racemes 1-3, at branch-ends, interrupted. Flowers are clustered;
calyx 6 mm long, oblong, pointed, glabrate, fused at base. Flower are 2
cm long, violet, petals blunt; anthers blunt at base, hairless. Capsule
is 2.5 cm long, puberulus; seeds 4, cubical, rugose. Travancore
Asystasia is endemic to Southern Western Ghats. Flowering:
October-February.
| Identification credit: Siddarth Machado | Photographed in Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu. |
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