Species	Rubia cordifolia L.
Synonyms	Rubia munjista Roxb.
Family	Rubiaceae
Vernacular Name	Manjishta, Itali
Trade Name	Manjishta, Indian Madder
Taxonomic status	Species
Habit	Climber
Forest Type Microhabitat	Evergreen, Semi evergreen, Dry & Moist deciduous ------
Original Global distribution
Regional distribution (Maharashtra)	Dhule, Nasik, Thane, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Pune, Satara, Sindhudurga, Kolhapur, Sangali, High elevation ranges of Satpuda and Western Ghats
Elevation	600 - 1400 meters
Extent of Occurrence (EOO)	> 20000 km^2
Area of Occupancy (AOO)	> 2000 km^2
No. of locations	> 10
Generation time	3 years
Population trends - % decline	> 30 %
Time / Rate (Yrs./ Generation)	3 generations
Population distribution	Contiguous
Data Quality	General field studies & Literature
Recent field studies	Sane (1985-2000) Pune, Kunakeshwar, Kshirsagar, Badawe, Deokule, Salunke (1990 -2000) Satara, Shimple, Sardesai (1994-2000) Kolhapur, Sidhudurga, Mahajan (1990-2001) Amboli, Mahabaleshwar, Almeida (1990-2000) Amboli, Chinchnikar (1996-2000) Mahabaleshwar, Punekar, Page (2000-2001) Pune
Threats	L- Loss of habitat, T –trade for medicine, Ov – Overexploitation, Sf – Forest fire
Other comments	Also used for dying.
Status: IUCN	VU - Vulnerable
Criteria based on	A 2 c, d
CITES	No
Presence in Protected Areas	Yes
Research Recommendations	O – Propagation studies
Management Recommendations	O – Promote cultivation.
Cultivation Recommendations Level of difficulty	Level 3 Moderately difficult
Sources	Flora of Bombay Presidency, Cooke Flora of Sindhudurg, B.G. Kulkarni Flora of Mahabaleshwar, S.Deshpande et al Flora of Raigad, M. J. Kothari & S. Moorthy Flora of Maharashtra, Dicotyledons, N.P.Singh & S. Karthikeyan, Flora of Nasik, P. Lakshminarasimhan & B.D. Sharma Flora of Ahemadnagar, S.G.Pradhan & Singh Flora of Goa, Div, Daman, Dadra & Nagarhaweli, R.S. Rao
Compilers	Badawe G., Kshirsagar R., Mahajan S., Page U., Patil A., Punekar S., Ranade A., Rao R., Salunke C., Sane H., Sardesai M., Shaligram K., Shimple V.