[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 and 25 AUG 10 * Pinda concanensis * (Dalzell) P.K.Mukh. & Constance ... (family: Apiaceae) ¿ *PIN-duh* ? -- from the vernacular name *panda* (Marathi: पंद) ¿ *kohn-CAN-en-sis* ? -- of or from Konkan (coast of Maharashtra, India)
*commonly known as*: cow parsnip, Konkan pinda, Konkan umbellifer • *Marathi *: पंद pand *Endemic to*: Western Ghats (of Maharashtra, India) *References*: Flowers of India<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.in%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FKonkan%2520Pinda.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzePsaIq6aZvjUoZRIatiMgUshkesQ>• The Gazetteers Dept.<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.maharashtra.gov.in%2Fpdf%2Fgazeetter_reprint%2FSatara%2Fappendix1.html%231&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcL1WIvEySWc5qp_lJrhsvNHTEufg>• *Flowers of Sahyadri* by Shrikant Ingalhalikar [image: Konkan umbellifer]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2901766209%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzc7EF9N6YXY61fJtF4UWF0hIOEfYQ> [image: Cow Parsnip]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2902546106%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzclyYnFfYcgiCISrEUxGhXMo0uHrA> [image: Konkan Pinda]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F4942587924%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcTUygEjBEAlTV018t__bMdEGDr5A> [image: Pinda concanensis]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2902604332%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdX1KjUiIa7qe8O80j9QDG9hNOviQ> [image: Pinda concanensis]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F4942586580%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzd2wCP9KxnqS-hx76MDS2v93JhlxQ> Regards. Dinesh --
