[image: ... Kas skyline]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F8035015844%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcDVdj__6tKTqSABRfvEGMun25Rew> Kas plateau ... about 4000 ft asl ... one of the 39 World Heritage sites in the Western Ghats of India ------------------------------ 19 OCT 07 * Smithia bigemina * Dalzell ... (family: Fabaceae) *SMITH-ee-uh* -- named for British botanist and physician Sir James Edward Smith ¿ *bi-JEM-in-uh*? -- paired or doubled
*commonly known as*: double-paired smithia • *Hindi* बेरकी berki • *Marathi*: लहान कवला lahan kawala *Native of*: India (Western Ghats, Gujarat, Rajasthan), Pakistan (Sind) *References*: Flowers of India<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.in%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FDouble%2520Paired%2520Smithia.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzch8SPQK8QuTTwWWFDVvgewkawqUA>• eFlora<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.efloras.org%2Fflorataxon.aspx%3Fflora_id%3D5%26taxon_id%3D242349532&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcHzEe7hY5YNHunxWPCj_9Oda9FUA>• *Further Flowers of Sahyadri* by Shrikant Ingalhalikar [image: Smithia bigemina Dalzell]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F1653810226%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeTXiVhO_ejfhXbWfmbRY-IddC_mA> [image: Lahan Kawala (Marathi: लहान कावळा)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F1653839214%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeePLv3jbU5DgPqATQWPeinOb5HIA> Regards. Dinesh --
