What is the beautiful grass all around Smithia?
On Monday, October 1, 2012 2:14:54 PM UTC+5:30, Dinesh Valke wrote: > > [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 > --
