[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 and 25 AUG 10 * Rhamphicarpa fistulosa * (Hochst.) Benth. ... (family: Orobanchaceae, earlier placed in Scrophulariaceae) syn. *Rhamphicarpa longiflora* Benth. *ram-fee-KAR-puh* -- from the Greek *rhamphos* (crooked beak) and *karpos*(fruit) *fist-yoo-LOW-suh* -- hollow, tube-like ... Dave's Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3Dfistulosa&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzecxMXjc_QLmA5xXd5_GFiJ0ESrig>
*commonly known as*: grassland trumpet • *Marathi*: तुतारी tutari *Endemic to*: Western Ghats (of Maharashtra and Goa, India) *References*: Flowers of India<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.in%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FTutari.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfPeeM4c8BA80d2M-Vy1x3PQqXEBQ>• *Flowers of Sahyadri* by Shrikant Ingalhalikar [image: Rhamphicarpa longiflora]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2902408364%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEze1Lc26HpQO2lJI-ipgBwJVRXmx1Q> [image: Tutari (Marathi: तुतारी)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F4941755651%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcZZuBjQJoEgdRReVKyGcUc4q5Auw> Regards. Dinesh --
