[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 * Zehneria scabra * Sond. ... (family: Cucurbitaceae) *zy-NER-ee-uh* -- named in memory of Joseph Zehner, botanical artist of Vienna *SKAY-bruh* or *SKAB-ruh* -- rough ... Dave's Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3Dscabra&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdOZf5fhHjOgJ738xwhvuRC7Zztvw>
*commonly known as*: Cape zehneria, South African zehneria, wild cucumber • *Hindi*: मुसमुसा musmusa • *Marathi*: चिरटी chirati • *Manipuri*: লম থবী lam thabi • *Tamil*: naai pagal • *Telugu*: కూతురుబుడమ kuturu-budama • *Urdu *: مسمسا musmusa *Distribution*: tropical and south Africa, west Asia, Indian peninsula, Malesia *References*: Flowers of India<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.net%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FCape%2520Zehneria.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdywyM2L3jx3xVvhOSw2JMOJSNQ8w>• *Further Flowers of Sahyadri* by Shrikant Ingalhalikar [image: Zehneria scabra Sond.]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2902331606%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcB_q-yU2cM_6jZo1ej8H0jr62_dQ> [image: Chirati (Marathi: चिरटी)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2902334160%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfvjL3TyDWVeK-LA3fauIJbk9gRHg> Regards. Dinesh --
