Hi to all, *Ab**utilon ranadei* Woodr. et. Stapf. I dont think this has not been sent earlier on Indian treepix. This Picture I would like to nominate as flora picture of the year 2009. *Ab**utilon ranadei* Woodr. et. Stapf. Family: *Malvaceae*. Photograph taken at Amba Ghat- Kolhapur- Ratnagiri Road from its Type locality on 4th December 2009. This plant is one of memorable in my life because of as i wrote earlier picture was taken from its type locality and another thing is I saw first time this plant in flowering (In Wild). *Ab**utilon ranadei* Woodr. et. Stapf. is one of the critically endangered plant species of the Western Ghats in India. It is Endemic and restricted to four Districts of Maharashtra State. Best Seen At: Amba Ghat region. This endangered species, named after N. B. Ranade, for many years keeper of the Herbarium at the College of Science, Pune, who died of the plague in 1897. Conservation of this species is now initiate in various institutes.
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