[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 * Pogostemon deccanensis * (Panigrahi) Press ... (family: Lamiaceae) *po-go-STEM-on* -- from the Greek *pogon* (beard) and *stemon* (thread, stamen) ... Dave's Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3DPogostemon&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcAUfM1-IpYtDZ6NUNLFSKAx0FhIg> *day-kahn-NEN-sis* -- of or from Deccan peninsula, India
*commonly known as*: Deccan pogostemon • *Marathi*: जांभळी मंजिरी jambhali manjiri *Endemic to*: Western Ghats (of Maharashtra, India) *References*: Flowers of India<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.in%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FJambhli%2520Manjiri.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzc3mpskohzsiJnPyWUKCqBO3b0-Aw>• *Flowers of Sahyadri* by Shrikant Ingalhalikar [image: Jambhali Manjiri (Marathi: जांभळी मंजिरी)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2898715543%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzedbTu_MVrzbw2MotyMtWJFr9hUiQ> [image: Deccan Pogostemon]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2898709241%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzc0kf6n48IT0QJQ9yEMnXCWzZUUKw> [image: ... Kas plateau]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2924384477%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcnBggQzyU5NmqfWBhZd0C8qvu3DQ> Regards. Dinesh --
