!!!!!Gorgeous Catch!!!!! On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 12:38 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote:
> 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 > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
