via Species <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species> > S <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species/s> > *Smithia purpurea* Hook. [image: Smithia purpurea Hook.]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/6230742883/>
[image: Flowers of India]<http://www.flowersofindia.in/catalog/slides/Purple%20Smithia.html> [image: Discussions at efloraofindia]<https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#%21searchin/indiantreepix/Smithia%20purpurea> [image: more views in flickr]<http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Smithiapurpurea&m=tags&z=m> [image: more views on Google Earth]<http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/geo/india/&tags=Smithiapurpurea&format=kml_nl> *SMITH-ee-uh* -- named for British botanist and physician Sir James Edward Smith *pur-PUR-ee-uh* -- purple *commonly known as*: purple smithia<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/purple-smithia>• *Marathi*: बरका barka<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/marathi/baraka-barka> *botanical names*: *Smithia purpurea* Hook.... *synonym*: *Smithia laxiflora * Benth. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Photographed at base of Koraigad (~2495 ft asl) near Ambavane village, Maharashtra Regards. Dinesh barka
