Species (& synonyms)	Salacia oblonga Wall. ex Wight & Arn.
Vernacular name	Kadalainjil (Tam.)
Family	HIPPOCRATACEAE
Taxonomic status	Species
Habit	Large climbing shrub
Habitat	Moist deciduous to evergreen forests.
Original global distribution	Southern India and Sri Lanka
Current regional distribution	Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu
- Elevation (m)	700 - 1,500
- Range (km^2)	< 500 (KA)	< 3,000 (KL)	< 20,000 (TN)
- Area occupied (km^2)	< 10 (KA)	< 100 (KL)	< 500 (TN)
- No. of locations	1 (KA)	< 4 (KL)	Many (TN)
Population Trends
- % decline	Not known (KA)	> 20 (KL)	< 10 (TN)
- Time/Rate (years or generations)	10 years
- No. of mature individuals	< 100 (KA)	< 1,500 (KL)	< 500 (TN)
Global population	Not assessed
Regional population	Declining gradually
Data quality	General field studies, informal sightings, indirect observation, literature and herbarium data.
Recent field studies	Mangalore University, Dept. of Botany (1995), Charmady and Subramanya MPCAs (KA). S.Aroumougame (1995), Dhoni forest, Palakkad; N.Sasidharan (1995), Thrissur, Periyar Tiger Reserve; A.G.Pandurangan (1994), Kulanar, Idukki, Kollam sacred groves (KL). R.Gopalan (1989), Tirunelveli KMTR; M.B.Viswanathan (1998), Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve; V.Chelladurai (1996), Tirunelveli hills (TN).
Threats	Harvest for food (Hf), Harvest for medicine (Hm), Loss of habitat (L), Trade (T), Over exploitation (Ov).
Trade	Local, commercial.
Other comments	Based on a survey conducted by S.R.Ramesh in Coorg, over a period of 10 years only one plant of S.oblonga was recorded. The exploitation is more when compare to the area of occupancy and thin population. Regeneration is poor. Fruits are often damaged by borers. It could possibly be a substitute for S. reticulata. As on today there is no trade in Tamil Nadu. However, since all Salacia species are under threat in the extraction on a new drug for diabetes this species may also become under future threat. Proportion global population in Tamil Nadu < 15%.
Status
- IUCN	CR (KA)	EN (KL)	LRnt (TN)
- Criteria based on	Extent of occurrence (B1,2c) – KA Population reduction (Aa.c.d) – KL
- CITES	No
- IWPA (1972; 91)	No
- National legialation	Not in negative list of exports (Notification 2 (RE-98) dt 13.4.98, 1997-2002)
Recommendations
- Research management	Survey-search and find (S), Monitoring (M), Life history studies (Lh), Habitat management (Hm), Taxonomic morphological genetic studies (T).
- P.H.V.A.	Yes
Cultivation prog. recommendations
- Cultivation	Level 3 (research)
- Level of difficulty	Level 3 (Very difficult)
Existing cultivation	Yes
- Names of facilities	Samples are available in gene bank of TBGRI and KFRI.
Previous assessment	EN (Regionally) & DD (Globally) in CAMP–III (Jan.‘97) compiled by M.Sivadasan, K.R.Keshava Murthy, V.S.Ramachandran, V.Chelladurai, G.S.Goraya, N.Loganathan, Meera Iyer.
Sources	A.E.Shanawaz Khan, V.Chelladurai, K.R.Keshava Murthy, S.Aroumougame, N.Sasidharan. A.G.Pandurangan, R.Gopalan, M.B.Viswanathan (persn. observn.).
Compilers	M.Abdul Kareem, M.Ahmedullah, T.Ananda Rao, N.Anil Kumar, Anjali Wadehra, Anjana Mudappa, S.Aroumougame, S.S.R.Bennet, Dasappa, J.L.Ellis, K.R.Geetha, R.Gopalan, B.Gurudev Singh, V.P.Hiremath, V.Irudayaraj, Jagat Ram, C.R.Jawahar, P.John Jebaraj, C.G.Kushalappa, Mohan Karnat, N.Mohanan, K.N.Murthy, D.Narasimhan, M.P.Nayar, S.Noorunnisa Begum, A.G.Pandurangan, V.Prabhakaran, V.S.Ramachandran, S.R.Ramesh, K.Ravikumar, Sanjay Molur, N.Sasidharan, A.E.Shanawaz Khan, C.Seema, Y.N.Seetharam, B.V.Shetty, B.S.Somashekhar, T.S.Srinivasa Murthy, D.Stephen, Subhash Mali, S.P.Subramani, T.S.Suma, Sumy Oommen, D.Suresh Baburaj, M.H.Swaminath, P.S.Udayan, D.K.Ved, Vinay Tandon, M.B.Viswanathan.