[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 * Solanum lasiocarpum * Dunal ... (family: Solanaceae) *so-LAN-num* -- solace, quietude; referring to narcotic properties of some species ... Dave's Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3DSolanum&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfksmoKKzxYvHozzFeggUL-RKRZ0A> *las-ee-oh-KAR-pum* -- woolly fruit ... Dave's Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3Dlasiocarpum&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcus6HehM_h-GjouLhG_iAQgJLdqg>
*commonly known as*: Indian nightshade, poison berry, wild Indian brinjal • *Assamese*: তিতা-ভেকুৰি tita-bhekuri • *Gujarati*: ઊભી ભોંય રિંગણી ubhi bhoy ringani • *Hindi*: बरहट्टा barhatta, कोलसा kolsa • *Kannada*: ಕಿರಿಯ ಗುಳ kiriya gula • *Manipuri*: leipungkhangga • *Marathi*: चिंचुरडी chinchurdi, लालकांगोणी lalkangoni • *Mizo*: maihrem, samtawkte • *Nepalese*: बिहिँ bihi • *Oriya*: tutuguno • *Sanskrit*: बृहती brihati, क्षुद्रभण्टाकी kshudrabhantaaki, प्रचोदिनी prachodini, स्वादुपाका svadupaka, वार्ताकी vaartaaki • *Tamil*: சிறுவழுதுணை ciru-valutunai, கரிமுள்ளி kari-mulli, நாய்முள்ளி nay-mulli • *Telugu*: తెల్లములక tellamulaka, వార్తాకి vartaki • * Tibetan*: bri ha ti *Native to*: s China, Indian subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia; cultivated in tropical Asia *References*: Flowers of India<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.in%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FIndian%2520Nightshade.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzelooa5JkJvH9gGqrFfrNvVZAyvMg>• NPGS / GRIN<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ars-grin.gov%2Fcgi-bin%2Fnpgs%2Fhtml%2Ftaxon.pl%3F416240&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzf6zFj3eklD9H_2xfkp2cXzErLN3Q>• ENVIS - FRLHT<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fenvis.frlht.org%2Fplant_details.php%3Fdisp_id%3D1940&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdGF13dELYMR97nPGZKTpvCgDBDzA>• DDSA<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdsal.uchicago.edu%2Fdictionaries%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzf6uenyoQ09XSR__kqQB9oTVQ4dNQ> [image: Solanum lasiocarpum Dunal]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F1652833550%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfqfw3BgFngZ4T_qHrLN9hhzlxmOg> [image: Lal Kangoni (Marathi: लालकांगोणी)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F1651706203%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdqTHRsRVUimwY3zSWF3B6fmYz8IA> [image: Barhatta (Hindi: बरहट्टा)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F1652859348%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdbo28H6X05s5GZwpbk8Bw-iI_A0A> Regards. Dinesh --
