[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 ------------------------------ 19 OCT 07 * Swertia densifolia * (Griseb.) Kashyapa ... (family: Gentianaceae) *SWER-tee-uh* -- named for Emanual Sweert, 16th century Dutch botanist, artist and author ... Dave's Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3DSwertia&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzezXUlTaJ2X5wViY2LsYQT8Wc5cCQ> *den-see-FOH-lee-a* -- having dense foliage ... Dave's Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3Ddensifolia&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzecWizVa0KH1IeDeoo8AyQVu_75og>
*commonly known as*: dense leaved swertia • *Marathi*: कडु चिरायत, kadu chirayat, कवडी kawadi *Endemic to*: Western Ghats (of India) *References*: Flowers of India<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.net%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FDense%2520Leaved%2520Swertia.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeKumh43NgkaYS9II_dfIASXbvo2g>• *Flowers of Sahyadri* by Shrikant Ingalhalikar [image: Swertia decussata]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F1652433960%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdjnM3gf8duurc609qXAuQ2jd0PJQ> Regards. Dinesh --
