[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 ------------------------------ 28 SEP 08 * Cyanotis tuberosa * (Roxb.) Schult. & Schult.f. ... (family: Commelinaceae) *sy-an-NOH-tiss* -- from Greek *kyanos* (blue) and *ous* (ear), referring to color and form of petals ... Dave's Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3DCyanotis&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcuh3emJxJcMz3-zLjkGudy90l49A> *too-ber-OH-suh* or *tew-ber-OH-suh* -- tuberous ... Dave's Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3Dtuberosa&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeRL87alDMRHzDFQEvtIN9JitA0XA>
*commonly known as*: greater cat ears • *Marathi*: आभाळी abhali *Endemic to*: Western Ghats (of India) *References*: Flowers of India<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.in%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FGreater%2520Cat%2520Ears.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfrujIagH7VkHu60bZ_Xw2qO8K8yQ>• *Flowers of Sahyadri* by Shrikant Ingalhalikar [image: Cyanotis tuberosa (Roxb.) Schult. & Schult.f.]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2898395939%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfr5KQF60Ksm597ZdNgnwLePYAuag> [image: Cyanotis tuberosa (Roxb.) Schult. & Schult.f.]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2898399377%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdCgTDl2hgYh1KQE6_k05hYbGCCuw> Regards. Dinesh --
