1. Botanical name		Aristolochia indica L.
2. Synonym(s)
3. Family		Aristolochiaceae
4. Taxonomic status		Species
5. Vernacular names		Isarmool
6. Habit		Climber
7. Habitat		Dry and moist deciduous forest
8. Original global distribution		Paleotropic
9. Current regional distribution	Chhattisgarh	Hoshangabad, Chindwara, Sehore, Betul, Mandla, Raisen, Rewa / Through out State
	Madhya Pradesh	Bastar, Bilaspur, Raipur, Raigarh, Dantewada / Through out State
10. Elevation range (m)		Up to 1,500
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)		10 years
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
		Fragmented			Fragmented
14 a. Data quality		2, 3, 4
15. Threats		Hm (Harvest for medicine), Tp (Traded for parts), Sf (Fire), Sd (Drought)
16. Trade	Name(s)	Isarmool
	Level(s)	Local ü		Regional ü	National ü			Global
	Parts traded	Roots, Leaves
	Effect on population	Declining (20% decline in last 10 years, 20% predicted decline in future 10 years)
	Data quality	2, 3, 4
17. Other comments		It occurs sporadically
18. Recent field studies		Oudhia, P. 2003. http://www.botanical.com/
19. Status		Chhattisgarh				Madhya Pradesh
- CITES
- Legislation
- Criteria based on		NT (A 2 c, d)				NT (A 2 c, d)
- IUCN		NT				NT
20. % of global presence		<1%
21. Existing Conservation measures		Nil
22. Is the presence of taxon continuous with neighbouring areas ?		Yes
23. Are the outside populations also under similar threats / pressures?		Yes
24. Recommendations		Hm (Habitat management)
Research / Management
a) in situ
b) ex situ
i) Cultivation
ii) Level of difficulty in propagation / cultivation		1 (Least difficult)
25. Existing cultivation-		Nil
26. Previous assessment		Nil
27. Data sources (Including literature)		§ Mukharjee, A.K. 1984. Flora of Pachnaru & Bori Reserve, B.S.I. § Oommachan, M. 1977. Flora of Bhopal, J.K. Jain Brothers, Bhopal § V. Mudgal, K.K. Khanna & D.K. Hajra (1997). Flora of Madhya Pradesh, Vol. II, B.S.I. § D.M. Verma, P.C. & P.C. Pant & M.I. Hanfi, 1985. Flora of Raipur, Durg & Rajnandgaon, B.S.I. § G.P. Roy, B.K. Shukla & B. Dutt. 1992, Flora of Madhya Pradesh, Chattarpur & Damon § S.K.Murty & G. Panigrahi, 1999. Flora of Bilaspur Dt.
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29. Reviewers