[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 * Murdannia simplex * (Vahl) Brenan ... (family: Commelinaceae) *mur-DAN-ee-uh* -- named for M. Murdan Ali, plant collector at Saharanpur Botanic Garden ... Dave's Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3DMurdannia&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzc_0oPs7DiWT2RSxxS5ENR3HQEIxQ> *SIM-plecks* -- simple, unbranched ... Dave's Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3Dsimplex&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzckQRnQyzWWIU_uwtlWPcZFvrPNNA>
*commonly known as*: blue dewflower, blue dove weed • *Marathi*: नीलीमा nilima *Distribution*: tropical east Africa, Madagascar, China, India, Indo-China *References*: Flowers of India<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.in%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FBlue%2520Dewflower.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfmuNWwBQJKpc_v859kWKN36qddXw>• eFlora<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.efloras.org%2Fflorataxon.aspx%3Fflora_id%3D2%26taxon_id%3D200027386&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcX0kUwZw3fdBNUEJ1KXouc1n1NLw>• *Flowers of Sahyadri* by Shrikant Ingalhalikar [image: Murdannia simplex (Vahl) Brenan]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2902329334%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzd9J3MdyQJ8t2QyaPmVp7qWMb_48g> [image: Nilima (Marathi: नीलीमा)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2902326568%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzchEsK_wkkl52ljaPuZYl2SlvkTBQ> Regards. Dinesh --
