[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 * Nymphoides indica * (L.) Kuntze ... (family: Menyanthaceae) *nym-FOY-deez* -- resembles *Nymphaea* (water lily) ... Dave's Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3DNymphoides&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcWMC94OjuCTtFxePdh3PhcYYZ8iQ> *IN-dih-kuh* or *in-DEE-kuh* -- of or from India ... Dave's Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3Dindica&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeEWzqShR4B1m7tQ8a0IcR-8lYGlQ>
*commonly known as*: floating hearts, water snowflake • *Bengali*: chandmala • *Hindi*: कुमुदिनी kumudini • *Kannada*: neeru thaavare • * Malayalam*: nedel-ambel • *Manipuri*: থরো মচা tharo macha • *Marathi*: कुमुद kumud • *Tamil*: சின்னாம்பல் chinnambal • *Telugu*: anthara thaamara *Distribution*: pan-tropical; also cultivated *References*: Flowers of India<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.net%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FWater%2520Snowflake.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdIh4hNZ_EgUc2tfYE_LD9G7onRwA>• NPGS / GRIN<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ars-grin.gov%2Fcgi-bin%2Fnpgs%2Fhtml%2Ftaxon.pl%3F410544&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcpb6PaSds0be-W6ejiVz9SZ6Rz7w>• *Flowers of Sahyadri* by Shrikant Ingalhalikar [image: Nymphoides indica (L.) Kuntze]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2901556223%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcGFa-xQsX5PABYt-7BFdIdR5yXeA> [image: Nymphoides indica (L.) Kuntze]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2901553485%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEze-HXys1LoJBQP1-HE8zrHS2eOqUA> [image: ... lake on Kas plateau]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2901575049%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzc1FxuMKXe__UOmyhco_Ep8u_Ha8w> Regards. Dinesh --
