Species (& synonyms)	Adhatoda beddomei C.B.Clarke = Justicia beddomei (C.B.Clarke) Bennet
Vernacular name	Not known
Family	ACANTHACEAE
Taxonomic status	Species
Habit	Under shrub
Habitat	Wet evergreen forests
Original global distribution	ENDEMIC to southern Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu
Current regional distribution	Valparai, Akkamalai (Coimbatore Dist.); Mahendragiri (Kanniyakumari Dist.).
- Elevation (m)	800 - 1,400
- Range (km^2)	< 5,000
- Area occupied (km^2)	< 50
- No. of locations	4, severely fragmented.
Population Trends
- % decline	> 20
- Time/Rate (years or generations)	10 years
- No. of mature individuals	< 250
Global population	Not assessed
Regional population	Not assessed
Data quality	Field, herbarium and literature studies.
Recent field studies	V.S.Ramachandran (1998), Valparai (TN).
Threats	Loss of habitat
Trade	Possible adulterant to Adhatoda vasica
Other comments	Indira Balachandran and Sivarajan sent a specimen of so called A. beddomei that are cultivated in Kottakal Arya Vaidyasala to Kew for identification, which was confirmed as A.vasica. J.L.Ellis has synonymy Justicia gingiana under Adhatoda beddomei. K.Ravikumar opines that Justicia gingiana is a scrub jungle taxon and taxonomically quite distinct from A. beddomei. According to N.Mohanan it is not found in Agasthiarmalai. Moose (1970) stated that the Ashtavaidyas of Kerala found that A.vasica did not have the same potency of A. beddomei. A.E.Shanawaz Khan refuted that Moose’s information as inauthentic. Detailed taxonomical, ecological, genetic and chemical investigations are needed to solve this identity dispute (K.Ravikumar).
Status
- IUCN	CRITICALLY ENDANGERED (CR)
- Criteria based on	Extent of occurrence (B1, 2e), Area of occupancy (C2a).
- CITES	No
- IWPA (1972; 91)	No
- National legislation	Not in negative list of exports (Notification 2 (RE-98) dt. 13.4.98, 1997-2002)
Recommendations
- Research management	Taxonomic and morphology genetic studies (T)
- P.H.V.A.	Yes
Cultivation prog. Recommendations
- Cultivation	Level 3 (research)
- Level of difficulty	Level 1 (Least difficult)
Existing cultivation	None
- Names of facilities	Nil
Previous assessment	CR in CAMP-I (Feb. ‘ 95 ) compiled by N.Anil Kumar, P.Balasubramanian, M.P.Nayar, A.G.Pandurangan, V.S.Ramachandran, S.R.Ramesh, D.Ramkanth, C.J.Saldanha, Sally Walker, Sanjay Molur, N.Sasidharan, U.S.Seal, A.N.Shetty, B.V.Shetty, C.K.Sreedharan, K.N.Subramanian, D.K.Ved, Vinay Tandon
Sources	R.H.Beddome, K.N.Subramanyam, B.D.Sharma, V.S.Ramachandran (persn. observn.).
Compilers	A.G.Pandurangan, D.K.Ved, D.Narasimhan, D.Stephen, Dasappa, C.Seema, Y.N.Seetharam, K.R.Geetha, T.S.Srinivasa Murthy, M.Abdul Kareem.
Reviewers	M.Ahmedullah, T.Ananda Rao, N.Anil Kumar, Anjali Wadehra, Anjana Mudappa, S.Aroumougame, S.S.R.Bennet, J.L.Ellis, R.Gopalan, B.Gurudev Singh, V.P.Hiremath, V.Irudayaraj, C.R.Jawahar, P.John Jebaraj, C.G.Kushalappa, Mohan Karnat, N.Mohanan, K.N.Murthy, M.P.Nayar, S.Noorunnisa Begum, V.Prabhakaran, V.S.Ramachandran, S.R.Ramesh, K.Ravikumar, Sanjay Molur, N.Sasidharan, A.E.Shanawaz Khan, B.V.Shetty, B.S.Somashekhar, Subhash Mali, S.P.Subramani, T.S.Suma, Sumy Oommen, D.Suresh Baburaj, M.H.Swaminath, P.S.Udayan, Vinay Tandon, M.B.Viswanathan.