1. Botanical name		Luffa echinata Roxb.
2. Synonym(s)
3. Family		Cucurbitaceae
4. Taxonomic status		Species
5. Vernacular names
6. Habit		Annual climber
7. Habitat
8. Original global distribution		India, Africa
9. Current regional distribution	Chhattisgarh	Raipur
	Madhya Pradesh	Sagar, Morena
10. Elevation range (m)		300 – 900
11. Population Reduction – PR	States	< 30%	30 to 49%		50 to < 80%		³ 80%
	Chhattisgarh				ü
	Madhya Pradesh				ü
	Data quality	2, 3, 4
11 a. Time/Rate (years/generations)		3 generations
12. Extent of Occurrence – EOO		>20,000Km^2
13. Area of Occupancy – AOO		>2,000Km^2
14. No. of locations / sub-populations		Chhattisgarh			Madhya Pradesh
		1			2
14 a. Data quality		2, 3, 4
15. Threats		Hm (Harvest for medicine), Tp (Traded for parts)
16. Trade	Name(s)	-
	Level(s)	Local ü		Regional ü	National			Global
	Parts traded	Fruits
	Effect on population	Declining
	Data quality	2, 3, 4
17. Other comments		Reported in very few localities
18. Recent field studies		-
19. Status		Chhattisgarh				Madhya Pradesh
- CITES		-
- Legislation		-
- Criteria based on		EN (A 2 c, d)				EN (A 2 c, d)
- IUCN		EN				EN
20. % of global presence		< 1 %				< 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)
Research / Management
a) in situ
b) ex situ
i) Cultivation		1
ii) Level of difficulty in propagation / cultivation		3 (Very difficult) ?
25. Existing cultivation-		-
26. Previous assessment		-
27. Data sources (Including literature)		· Flora of Madhya Pradesh, Vol I · Flora of of Morena, 1994.
28. Compilers		R. L. S. Sikarwar (Facilitator), Arti Gupta (Recorder), Ashok K. Jain, N. Mohan Karnat, K. Ravikumar, Shahbaz Ahmad, J. L. Shrivastava, Ashutosh Tripathi, Uttam Kumar Subuddhi
29. Reviewers		Plenary