1. Botanical name

Rubia cordifolia L.

2. Synonym(s)

Rubia cordifolia var. manjista (Roxb.) Miq.

3. Family

Rubiaceae

4. Taxonomic status

Species

5. Vernacular names

Munjeeth, Kusheer, Pilio

6. Habit

Herb

7. Habitat

Mixed forests

8. Original global distribution

Africa, Asia and Australia

9. Current

regional

distribution

 

Chhattisgarh

Bastar

Madhya Pradesh

Amarkantak

10. Elevation range (m)

1,000 – 1,500

11. Population Reduction – PR

 

States

< 30%

30 to 49%

50 to < 80%

­³ 80%

Chhattisgarh

 

ü

 

 

Madhya Pradesh

 

ü

 

 

Data quality

3, 4

11 a. Time/Rate (years/generations)

10 years

12. Extent of Occurrence – EOO

> 20,000Km2

13. Area of Occupancy – AOO

> 2,000Km2

14. No. of  locations / sub-populations 

Chhattisgarh

Madhya Pradesh

Many

Many

14 a. Data quality

3, 4

15. Threats

Hm (Harvest for medicine), L (Loss of Habitat), Tp (Traded for parts)

16. Trade

 

Name(s)

Manjeeth, Pilia

Level(s)

Local ü

Regional ü

National ü

Global

Parts traded

Root

Effect on population

Declining

Data quality

3, 4

17. Other comments

·       Excessive exploitation of roots

·       Rubia cordifolia is a complex group distributed in Africa, Asis and Australia. Rubia manjith Roxb. ex Flem. is a distinct race restricted to Eastern Himalaya (Wealth of Asia, 1994). Therefore, the occurance of Rubia manjith in MP & CG is ruled out. Hence, the species considered for assessment is Rubia cordifolia L. sensu. Hook. f.

18. Recent field studies

R.K. Pandey, 1998-2002. SFRI

19. Status

Chhattisgarh

Madhya Pradesh

- CITES

-

- Legislation

-

- Criteria based on

VU  (A 2 c, d)

VU  (A 2 c, d)

- IUCN

VU

VU

20. % of global presence

< 1 %

< 1 %

21. Existing Conservation measures

-

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

Yes

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

Yes

24. Recommendations

Seed biology, Propagation techniques in ex situ, Protection, Reduction in destructive harvesting,

Research / Management

a) in situ

 

b) ex situ

Conservation in ex situ through development of  gene banks

   i) Cultivation

-

   ii) Level of difficulty in propagation / cultivation

3 (Very difficult)

25. Existing cultivation-

-

26. Previous assessment

 

27. Data sources

(Including literature)

R.K. Pandey, 1998-2002. SFRI

28. Compilers

S. N. Khotele (Facilitator), Omkar Lal Shrivastava, R. K. Pandey,

Pushp Jain, Ruby Sharma, J. P. Sharma, Shweta Singh (Recorder),

R. K. S. Tiwari, R. Vijaya Sankar, Vinay Tandon

29. Reviewers