[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 * Dioscorea pentaphylla * L. ... (family: Dioscoreaceae) *dy-oh-SKOR-ee-uh* -- named for Pedanios Dioscorides, Greek pharmacologist ... Dave's Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3DDioscorea&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfd2KdVUFkE_4HY5K93PzBLjUbFsQ> *pen-tuh-FIL-uh* -- from the Greek *penta* (five) and *phyllum* (leaf) ... Dave's Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3Dpentaphylla&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcyp5g2xsOxgPraZJooFpb3aCKTRA>
*commonly known as*: Fiji yam, five-leaved yam, mountain yam, mouse root, prickly yam, wild yam • *Bengali*: কাঁটা আলু kanta alu • *Hindi*: कांटा आलू kanta alu • *Kannada*: ಕಾಡು ಗುಮ್ಬಳ kaadu gumbala • *Konkani*: तीळ करंडी til karandi • *Malayalam*: noora, neynoora • *Manipuri*: হা ha • *Marathi*: babra, शेंडवेल shendvel • *Nepalese*: मिठे तरुल mithe tarul • *Oriya*: kontaalu • *Sanskrit*: कण्टकालुकः kantakaluka • *Tamil*: காட்டுவள்ளி kaattuvalli, நூறை nuurai • *Telugu*: అడవి గెనుసు తీగ adavi genasu tiga *Native to*: s China, Japan, Indian subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia, n Australia *References*: Flowers of India<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.in%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FFive%2520Leaf%2520Yam.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeyf1yGLRbD212iyTmhcSz2oewpoA>• ENVIS - FRLHT<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fenvis.frlht.org.in%2Fbotanical_search.php%3Ftxtbtname%3DDioscorea%2Bpenta%26gesp%3D826%257CDioscorea%2Bpentaphylla%2BL.&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeyE5CUdhvHXnyXoOr34kwWwLtgeg>• NPGS / GRIN<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ars-grin.gov%2Fcgi-bin%2Fnpgs%2Fhtml%2Ftaxon.pl%3F14237&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfy09ZIDnz9XUKFFaRgFTM8J5G6Qg>• eFlora<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.efloras.org%2Fflorataxon.aspx%3Fflora_id%3D2%26taxon_id%3D200028128&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdFPWH7tuLUj9G3GzzgZ2sGN6WQDw>• DDSA<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdsal.uchicago.edu%2Fdictionaries%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzf6uenyoQ09XSR__kqQB9oTVQ4dNQ> [image: Dioscorea pentaphylla L.]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2902389478%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeP5jFBjYLT-zbJDkUcXmowu0h9eQ> [image: Kantakaluka (Sanskrit: कण्टकालुकः)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2902392298%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfr9L1mtE0_CpbLnFqWkeAaS9vXzA> [image: Shendvel (Marathi: शॆंडवेल)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2901703221%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzc8-s-RjWYGv30rO45_DNiFr1dpQg> Regards. Dinesh --
