<p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Acanthaceae&amp;m=tagsw=91314344@N00&amp;m=tags">Acanthaceae</a> (acanthus or ruellia  family) » <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Cynarospermumasperrimum&amp;w=91314344@N00&amp;m=tags">Cynarospermum asperrimum</a></i>
</p><p><b>sin-nar-oh-SPER-mum</b> -- from <i>Cynara</i> (genus name) and <i>sperma</i> (seed) 
<b>as-PER-rim-um</b> -- very rough
</p><p><b>commonly known as</b>: hill blepharis • <b>Hindi</b>: akada • <b>Marathi</b>: डिकणा dikna
</p><p><b>Endemic to</b>: Western Ghats and hills in Deccan (India)
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<b>References</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.flowersofindia.net/Hill%20Blepharis.html">Flowers of India</a> • <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ernet.in/biodiversity/database/?q=node/18">Sahyadri Database</a> • <i>Common Indian Wild Flowers</i> by Isaac Kehimkar
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/91314344@N00">Dinesh Valke</a> from Thane, India
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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/1841234039/">Dikna (Marathi: डिकणा)</a>