[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 * Eriocaulon tuberiferum * A.R.Kulk. & Desai ... (family: Eriocaulaceae) *er-ee-oh-KAW-lon* -- from the Greek *erion* (wool) and *kaulos* (plant stem) ... Dave's Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3DEriocaulon&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzf5aGjIzRaoJzis3-qU8mwgP5uKJQ> *too-ber-EE-fer-um* -- bearing tubers ... Dave's Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3Dtuberiferum&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcv4c5T2a5FDTsuk8DPmvm5WEoK4g>
*commonly known as*: tuberous pipewort • *Marathi*: पाणगेंद pan-gend *Endemic to*: northern Western Ghats (of India) *Reference*: Flowers of India<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.net%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FTuberous%2520Pipewort.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfJiSU_l-CZkcbsXF8dGykaDT3kPA>• *Flowers of Sahyadri* by Shrikant Ingalhalikar [image: Eriocaulon tuberiferum A.R.Kulk. & Desai]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2899452948%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfZWme-6yABtORAI-dCrmf9AcD0bg> [image: Pan-gend (Marathi: पाणगेंद)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2925078356%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzffJ2fP2rO4QaP_8SBlheOPubdH3w> Regards. Dinesh --
