Nice photographs of Indian-Arrow Root. In most of the villages when villagers say "Aarrarrot", i think they mean Arrow-Root. Its rich in starch.
One can spot thousands of them at "Raireshwar". Regards Prashant On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 4:19 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > [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 > ------------------------------ > 25 AUG 10 > * Hitchenia caulina * (J.Graham) Baker ... (family: Zingiberaceae) > ¿ *hitch-YEN-ee-uh* ? -- perhaps named for Thomas Hitchen, Esquire of > Norwich > ¿ *kaw-LEE-nuh* ? -- perhaps referring to the flowers borne on the stem > > *commonly known as*: arrowroot lily, Indian arrowroot, Mahabaleshwar > arrowroot • *Marathi*: चवर chavar, कचर kachar, सीताचवरी sitachavari > > *Endemic to*: Western Ghats (of Maharashtra and Goa, India) > > *References*: Flowers of > India<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.in%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FIndian%2520Arrowroot.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcPzpQS0m9WRl-NAD_yXcO8x5-h4A>• > NPGS > / > GRIN<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ars-grin.gov%2Fcgi-bin%2Fnpgs%2Fhtml%2Ftaxon.pl%3F100988&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfUkZuT1-8ZQlIDTU7cF5TbYHgE6Q>• > Gazetteers > Dept.<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.maharashtra.gov.in%2Fpdf%2Fgazeetter_reprint%2FSatara%2Fappendix2.html%231&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzf7ONYyiPkMSsX72pnIqQA_YQAdJw>• > cd3wd<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cd3wd.com%2Fcd3wd_40%2Fcd3wd%2FAGRIC%2FNR03RE%2FEN%2FB1373_12.HTM&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeo1Tl9PfKHvDgjp5nBboG6GVqHXw>• > *Flowers of Sahyadri* by Shrikant Ingalhalikar > [image: Chavar (Marathi: > चवर)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F4941240309%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdrPmlHz6AkuhjRC53f2Cu4WNbrkQ> > > [image: Arrowroot > Lily]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F4941821426%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfDGMNCj3ULUlMgPds8hB3NobRXbQ> > [image: > Sitachavari (Marathi: > सीताचवरी)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F4941236815%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEze4p0bGHTm668Ds94ZU4ECj_jj0sA> > [image: > Indian > Arrowroot]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F4941364687%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfrlGh8Ov2UvfJXc0Txg3NMIP64zw> > Regards. > Dinesh > > -- > > > > --
