[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 * Adelocaryum coelestinum * (Lindl.) Brand ... (family: Boraginaceae) *a-del-oh--KAR-ee-um* -- from the Greek *adelo<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3Dadelo&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzf1Opjv5UHx-b-tEhidiwC8GPlnKg> * (unknown, secret, or hidden) and *karyon<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3Dcaryum&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdcTrH5K_ny00Jv_drvB1km24fK3Q> * (nut) *koh-el-ES-tee-num* -- from the Latin *caelestis* (heavenly, celestial); sky blue ... Dave's Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3Dcoelestinum&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfHnkJTSRg5jPF5LxzOpNA4B-VQoQ>
*commonly known as*: common hill borage<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/common-hill-borage>, Mahabaleshwar forget-me-not<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/mahabaleshwar-forget-me-not>• *Marathi*: निसुर्डी nisurdi<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/marathi/nisurdi-nisurdi> *Endemic to*: Oman, n & c Western Ghats (of India) *References*: Flowers of India<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.in%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FCommon%2520Hill%2520Borage.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEze_rwDQbpXUHVaj5VQFglhIvN4cPA>• *Flowers of Sahyadri* by Shrikant Ingalhalikar [image: Adelocaryum coelestinum (Lindl.) Brand]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2902501670%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeNz84SkS6EuHDpExdwmemsdIflhQ> [image: Common Hill Borage]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2901568783%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdyE9fuHjeUxkg741vEoJ60tXBg8Q> [image: Adelocaryum coelestinum (Lindl.) Brand]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2902499326%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzc75sfGDGFjeZwfIk0qxlyaiKkFOQ> [image: Adelocaryum coelestinum (Lindl.) Brand]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2903184651%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzchYP6TvbCu7FGkX3ac2jYCPsYU4A> Regards. Dinesh --
