[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 & 28 SEP 08 * Pleocaulus ritchiei * (C.B.Clarke) Bremek. ... (family: Acanthaceae) ¿ *plee-oh-KAW-lus* ? -- from the Greek *pleos* (many) and *kaulos* (stem) *RICH-ee-eye* -- named for Dr. Ritchie, collector of plants in Belgaon
*commonly known in Marathi as*: माळ कारवी mal karvi, टोपली कारवी topli karvi *Endemic to*: northern Western Ghats (of India) *References*: Flowers of India<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.net%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FMal%2520Karvy.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzf9tSBl5f7OvVAhgEkXoQ2dPUqc1A>• *Flowers of Sahyadri* by Shrikant Ingalhalikar [image: ... Kas plateau]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2898369173%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcA3FetU-SJvKjm2v2sAlG52ja9pg> [image: Topli Karvi (Marathi: टोपली कारवी)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F1652259242%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfZbOHSG4FGWrfaLudyay0W8cAHGw> [image: Pleocaulus ritchiei]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F1651147333%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfXVf1_CD-_sWJWOl0D5t8GxGybUg> Regards. Dinesh --
