1. Botanical name		Cochlospermum religiosum DC.
2. Synonym(s)		Bombax religiosum L. Cochlopsermum gossypium DC.
3. Family		Cochlospermaceae
4. Taxonomic status		Species
5. Vernacular names		Galgal, Kumbi, Gajra, Kuraya
6. Habit		Small Tree
7. Habitat		Deciduous forests on hill slopes
8. Original global distribution		India, Burma
9. Current regional distribution	Chhattisgarh	Bilaspur, Bastar, Durg, Raipur, Rajnandgaon, Sarguja
	Madhya Pradesh	Jabalpur, Satna, Reoni, Amarkantak, Chhindwara
10. Elevation range (m)		700 – 1,200
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)		3 generations
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
		Several			Several
14 a. Data quality		3, 4
15. Threats
16. Trade	Name(s)	Katira
	Level(s)	Local ü		Regional	National			Global
	Parts traded	Gum
	Effect on population
	Data quality	3, 4
17. Other comments		-
18. Recent field studies		-
19. Status		Chhattisgarh				Madhya Pradesh
- CITES		-
- Legislation		Protection under legislation for gums (State Govt.)
- Criteria based on		VU (A 2 c, d)				VU (A 2 c, d)
- IUCN		VU				VU
20. % of global presence		2 – 5%
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		Implementation of legislation, Regeneration studies
Research / Management
a) in situ		Pachmari (M.P.), Bhopalpatnam (Chhattisgarh)
b) ex situ		-
i) Cultivation		-
ii) Level of difficulty in propagation / cultivation		1 (Least difficult)
25. Existing cultivation-		-
26. Previous assessment		-
27. Data sources (Including literature)		Flora of Madhya Pradesh, Vol I. BSI Flora of Pachamari – 1984 D.J. Mabberley, 1997. The plant book.
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		R. L. S. Sikarwar, Arti Gupta, Ashok K. Jain, N. Mohan Karnat, K. Ravikumar, Shahbaz Ahmad, J. L. Shrivastava, Ashutosh Tripathi, Uttam Kumar Subuddhi