Species	Nervilia aragoana Gaud.
Synonyms	Pogonia flabelliformis Lindl. Pogonia carinata (Roxb.) Lindl. Nervilia creniata (Roxb.) Schlt.
Family	Orchidaceae
Vernacular Name	Badaghoda, Dudhuki, Dudkanal
Trade Name	------
Taxonomic status	Species
Habit	Perenial herb
Forest Type Microhabitat	Evergreen, Semi evergreen, Moist deciduous Humus rich areas
Original Global distribution	South east Asia
Regional distribution (Maharashtra)	Sindhudurga, Kolhapur, Ratnagiri, Sangali, Satara, Pune, Khandesh, Vidarbha
Elevation	800 -1400 meters
Extent of Occurrence (EOO)	> 20000 km^2
Area of Occupancy (AOO)	10 – 500 km^2
No. of locations	> 10
Generation time	1 year
Population trends - % decline	< 30 %
Time / Rate (Yrs./ Generation)	10 years
Population distribution	Contiguous
Data Quality	General field studies & Literature
Recent field studies	Sardesai (1945-2000) Kolhapur, Amboli, Shimple (1998-2001) Kolhapur, Mahajan (1990-2000) Pune, Satara, Salunke (1994-2000) Satara, Punekar (2000) Pune, Badawe (2000) Satara
Threats	L- Loss of habitat
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Status: IUCN	NT – Near Threatened
Criteria based on	Not applicable
CITES	No
Presence in Protected Areas	Yes
Research Recommendations	O- In situ conservation
Management Recommendations	----
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 Goa, Div, Daman, Dadra & Nagarhaweli, R.S. Rao Flora of Akola, S.Y.Kamble & S.G.Pradhan Flora of Yavatmal, S. Kartikeyan & Anand Kumar Flora of Maharashtra, Monocotyledones, B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh
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.