In my mother-tongue, Konkani (Mangalore) too, we say it something like this: RRroot !! Regards. Dinesh
On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 8:25 PM, Prashant Awale <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> >> -- >> >> >> >> > > --
