1. Botanical name

Corallocarpus epigaeus (Rottl. & Willd.) Clarke Roxb.

2. Synonym(s)

Bryonia epigaea Rottl. & Willd.

3. Family

Cucurbitaceae

4. Taxonomic status

Species

5. Vernacular names

Akasgaddah, rakasgaddah (H)

6. Habit

Climber

7. Habitat

Dry deciduous forests

8. Original global distribution

India

9. Current

regional

distribution

 

Chhattisgarh

-

Madhya Pradesh

Shivpuri

10. Elevation range (m)

300 – 900

11. Population Reduction – PR

 

States

< 30%

30 to 49%

50 to < 80%

­³ 80%

Chhattisgarh

 

 

ü

 

Madhya Pradesh

 

 

 

 

Data quality

2, 3, 4

11 a. Time/Rate (years/generations)

3 gnerations

12. Extent of Occurrence – EOO

>20,000Km2

13. Area of Occupancy – AOO

>2,000Km2

14. No. of  locations / sub-populations 

Chhattisgarh

Madhya Pradesh

-

One

14 a. Data quality

2, 3, 4

15. Threats

Lf (Loss of Habitat - Fragmentation)

16. Trade

 

Name(s)

 

Level(s)

Local

Regional ü

National

Global

Parts traded

 

Effect on population

Declining

Data quality

2, 3, 4

17. Other comments

It is not reported in flora of Madhya Pradesh but collected from Shivpuri Dt.

18. Recent field studies

Dr. Roma Mitra, NBRI


19. Status

Chhattisgarh

Madhya Pradesh

- CITES

-

- Legislation

-

- Criteria based on

-

EN (A 2 c, d)

- IUCN

-

EN

20. % of global presence

 

1 %

21. Existing Conservation measures

No

22. Is the presence of taxon continuous with neighbouring areas ?

No 

23. Are the outside populations also under similar threats / pressures?

No

24. Recommendations

S (Survey, search and find), M (Monitoring)

Research / Management

a) in situ

Shivpuri

b) ex situ

-

   i) Cultivation

-

   ii) Level of difficulty in propagation / cultivation

2 (Moderately difficult)

25. Existing cultivation-

-

26. Previous assessment

-

27. Data sources

(Including literature)

Dr. R.L.S. Sikarwar & R.M. Painuli - Ethno botanical importance of family Cucurbitaceae of Madhya Pradesh

Dr. Roma Mitra, NBRI

28. Compilers

Dr. R.L.S.  Sikarwar, Shahbaz Ahmad, Dr. U.K. Subuddhi,

Dr. A.K. Jain, Ms Arti Gupta, Dr. J.L. Srivastava, N. Mohan Karnat,

Ashutosh Tripathi, K. Ravikumar, Dr. R. Gupta, Dr. S.S. Bisen

29. Reviewers

Plenary