Species	Pueraria tuberosa (Roxb.ex Willd.) DC
Synonyms	Hedysarum tuberosum Roxb. Ex. Willd. Desmodium tuberosum G. Don.
Family	Fabaceae
Vernacular Name	Bhuikohala, Pithana, Dari, Bharada, Vidari kand
Trade Name	Vidari kand
Taxonomic status	Species
Habit	Perennial scandent climber
Forest Type Microhabitat	Moist & Dry deciduous Undergrowth of trees, open forests
Original Global distribution	South east Asia
Regional distribution (Maharashtra)	Throughout Maharashtra in deciduous forests
Elevation	50 – 1000 meters
Extent of Occurrence (EOO)	> 20,000 km^2
Area of Occupancy (AOO)	> 2000 km^2
No. of locations	> 10
Generation time	5 years
Population trends - % decline	< 20 % - > 50 %
Time / Rate (Yrs./ Generation)	3 generations
Population distribution	Contiguous
Data Quality	General field studies & Literature
Recent field studies	Palekar (2000) Karjat, Kumathekar (1998-2000) Nasik
Threat	Ov – Over exploitation of roots and stem, Hm – Harvest for medicine, Hf – Harvest for food
Other comments	Propagation by tubers and seeds. When plant is infested phytoalexins are induced and stored in tubers, hence overexploitation.
Status: IUCN	NT - EN Near Threaten – Endangered
Criteria based on	A 2 d
CITES	No
Presence in Protected Areas	Yes
Research Recommendations	Lh – Life history studies, O – Propagation studies
Management Recommendations	-----
Cultivation Recommendations Level of difficulty	Level 1 Moderately difficult
Sources	Flora of Maharashtra, M.R. Almeida Flora of Maharashtra, N.P.Singh & S. Karthikeyan Flora of Raigad, M.J. Kothari & S.Moorthy Flora of Mahabalehwar, S. Deshpande & B.D. Sharma Flora of Khandala, Fr.Santapau Flora of Bombay Presidency, Cooke Dyavyagunavidynanum, Sharma
Compilers	Adhikari S., Almeida M., Bapat A., Chinchnikar G., Dandekar S, Deokule S., Jagtap A., Jagtap S., Mali S., Nesari T., Palekar R., Pardesi, Tetali P., Udayan P., Vaidya