|
Species (& synonyms) |
Cayratia pedata (Lam.) Juss.
ex Gagnepain var. glabra Gamble |
|
Vernacular name |
Kamapatige balli (Kan.); Corivalli (Mal.); Kattupirandai (Tam.) |
|
Family |
VITACEAE |
|
Taxonomic status |
Variety |
|
Habit |
Climber |
|
Habitat |
Semi-evergreen
to evergreen forests |
|
Original global
distribution |
ENDEMIC to southern Western Ghats |
|
Current regional
distribution |
Tamil
Nadu (Coimbatore, Nilgiri, Dindigul Dists.) and Kerala (Silent Valley). |
|
- Elevation (m) |
800
- 2,200 |
|
- Range (km2) |
<
5,000 |
|
- Area occupied (km2) |
<
100 |
|
- No. of locations |
Severely
fragmented |
|
Population Trends |
|
|
- % decline |
Not
known |
|
- Time/Rate (years or
generations) |
Not
known |
|
- No. of mature individuals |
Not
known |
|
Global population |
Declining |
|
Regional population |
Not
assessed |
|
Data quality |
General
field studies and herbarium data |
|
Recent field studies |
P.S.Udayan
(1997), Muayankadu; T.Sabu (1988), Silent Valley (KL). B.V.Shetty (19..), Gudalur and other places of Nilgiris; P.S.Udayan
(1990-95), Naduvattam, Pykara, Kotagiri, Kodanadu (Nilgiris Dist.);
K.Ravikumar (1989-95), Top Slip and Palani Hills (TN). |
|
Threats |
Loss
of Habitat (L) |
|
Trade |
Not
known |
|
Other comments |
Substitute
for C. pedata var. pedata in trade |
|
Status |
|
|
- IUCN |
ENDANGERED (EN) |
|
- Criteria based on |
Extent
of Occurrence (B2a.c), Population estimation (C2a). |
|
- CITES |
No |
|
- IWPA (1972; 91) |
No |
|
- National legislation |
Not in negative list of exports
(Notification 2 (RE-98) dt 13.4.98, 1997-2002) |
|
Recommendations |
|
|
- Research management |
Survey-search
and find (S) |
|
- P.H.V.A. |
Yes |
|
Cultivation prog.
Recommendations |
Yes |
|
- Cultivation |
Level
3 (for research) |
|
- Level of difficulty |
Level
1 (Least difficult) |
|
Existing cultivation |
Not
known |
|
- Names of facilities |
|
|
Previous assessment |
CR in CAMP- II (Feb. ‘ 96) compiled and reviewed by
Michael Maunder, B.V.Shetty, S.S.R.Bennet, M.Sivadasan, N.Sasidharan,
A.G.Pandurangan, V.S.Ramachandran, S.R.Ramesh, D.K.Ved, K.Ravikumar,
C.G.Kushalappa, V.Chelladurai, M.B.Viswanathan, Vinay Tandon, Sanjay Molur,
Sally Walker, R.J.R.Daniels, B.Majumdar, K.Indira Kalyanasundaram, P.Singh,
G.S.Goraya, B.A.Daniel, B.Vijayakumar, C.Gunasekaran, Meera Iyer, M.Abdul
Kareem, S.Noorunnisa Begum, K.K.Nandawana, Pratiba Vinay, Brinda. |
|
Sources |
B.V.Shetty,
K.Ravikumar, P.S.Udayan, T.Sabu (persn. observn.). |
|
Compilers |
A.G.Pandurangan,
D.K.Ved, D.Narasimhan, D.Stephen, Dasappa, Y.N.Seetharam, K.R.Geetha,
T.S.Srinivasa Murthy, M.Abdul Kareem, C.Seema. |
|
Reviewers |
M.Ahmedullah,
T.Ananda Rao, N.Anil Kumar, Anjali Wadehra, Anjana Mudappa, S.Aroumougame,
S.S.R.Bennet, J.L.Ellis, R.Gopalan, B.Gurudev Singh, V.P.Hiremath,
V.Irudayaraj, C.R.Jawahar, P.John Jebaraj, C.G.Kushalappa, Mohan Karnat,
N.Mohanan, K.N.Murthy, M.P.Nayar, S.Noorunnisa Begum, V.Prabhakaran,
V.S.Ramachandran, S.R.Ramesh, K.Ravikumar, Sanjay Molur, N.Sasidharan,
A.E.Shanawaz Khan, B.V.Shetty, B.S.Somashekhar, Subhash Mali, S.P.Subramani,
T.S.Suma, Sumy Oommen, D.Suresh Baburaj, M.H.Swaminath, P.S.Udayan, Vinay
Tandon, M.B.Viswanathan. |