1. Botanical name			Smilax glabra Roxb.
2. Synonym(s)
3. Family			Smilacaceae/ Liliaceae
4. Taxonomic status			Species
5. Vernacular name(s)			Chop chini (Ass., Trade), Tikani Barua (Ass.), Kukur Dainay (Nep.),
6. Habit			Climber
7. Habitat			Tropical deciduous & semi-deciduous forests
8. Original global distribution			India, Bangladesh, China.
9. Current regional distribution		Ar. Pradesh	Assam border; Yazali, Lower Subansiri district
		Assam	All over the state
		Meghalaya	Garo hills
		Sikkim	All districts
10. Elevation range (m)			Up to 800
11. Population reduction -PR		States \ Class	< 30 %		30 to 49%		50 to < 80 %			≥ 80 %
		Ar. Pradesh	-							ü
		Assam	-							ü
		Meghalaya	-							ü
		Sikkim	ü							-
		Data quality	2 , 3
11 a. Time/Rate (years/generations)			3 Generations
12. Extent of Occurrence – EOO			> 20,000 Km^2
13. Area of Occupancy – AOO			> 2,000 Km^2
14. No. of locations/sub-populations			Ar. Pradesh		Assam		Meghalaya			Sikkim
			Many in each state
14 a. Data quality			2
15. Threats			Tp= Traded for parts, L= Loss of habitat.
	16. Trade	Name(s)		Chop chini
		Level(s)		Local ü		Regional		National ü			Global
		Parts traded		Tuber
		Impact on population		Declining (Heavy)
		Data quality		2, 3
	17. Other comments			§ Traded as substitute of S.china. § Tuber is consumed like Tapioca, Tender shoot consumed as vegetable § Male plants yield the costlier white tuber; while female plants yield pink tuber. Male plants are also spiny. § Flowering gestation period is high.
	18. Recent field studies			§ Borthakur -2000-2002. Pharmacognosy research. Assam. § Rai, P.C. (2000-2). Sikkim. § Gogoi -1990-2000. § Rawat, M. S. -1998-2000. Yazali, Lower Subansiri District, A.P.
	19. Status			Ar. Pradesh		Assam		Meghalaya	Sikkim
	- CITES
	- Legislation (National/State)
	- Criteria based on			A 2 c,d		A 2 c,d		A 2 c,d
	- IUCN			CR		CR		CR	LC
	20. % of global presence			20		20		5	1-2
	21. Existing conservation measures			Nil, but present in many PAs.
	22. Is the presence of taxon continuous with neighbouring states or countries?			Yes
	23. Are the outside populations perceived to be under similar threats / pressures?			Not known
	24. Recommendations (pl. refer page nos. 9 & 10 of briefing book) a) Research/Management i) in situ ii) ex situ b) Cultivation c) Level of difficulty in propagation / cultivation			Reproductive biology studies needed. Micro-propagation needed. 2 (Moderately difficult)
	25. Existing cultivation			Nil
	26. Previous assessment			Nil
	27. Data Sources (including literature)			§ Hooker, FBI. § Long D. J. Flora of Bhutan.
	28. Compilers			S.K. Borthakur (Facilitator), Pushpadhar Gogoi, P.K. Dutta, P.C. Rai, Utkarsh Ghate (Recorder), Pranab Bujarbarua, P. J. Bora, D. Mathur, S. K. Barik, M. Islam.
	29. Reviewers			S.N. Hegde (Facilitator), L.R. Bhuyan, M.S. Rawat, Manju Sundriyal, K. Ravikumar (Recorder), M. Majumdar, K.C. Malakar, A. K Baishya, D.K. Ved.