1. Botanical name		Dioscorea bulbifera L.
2. Synonym(s)		Dioscorea sativa Thumb.
3. Family		Dioscoreaceae
4. Taxonomic status		Species
5. Vernacular names		Varahikand
6. Habit		Climber
7. Habitat		Dry mixed forest
8. Original global distribution		India
9. Current regional distribution	Chhattisgarh	Through out
	Madhya Pradesh	Through out
10. Elevation range (m)		300 – 800
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
		Widely distributed			Widely distributed
14 a. Data quality		2, 3, 4
15. Threats		E (Edaphic factors), Hm (Harvest for medicine), L (Loss of Habitat), Tp (Traded for parts)
16. Trade	Name(s)	Hf (Harvest for food), S (Catastrophic events)
	Level(s)	Local ü		Regional ü	National			Global
	Parts traded	Tubers
	Effect on population	Declining
	Data quality	2, 3, 4
17. Other comments		It has high food value
18. Recent field studies		-
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 %
21. Existing Conservation measures		No
22. Is the presence of taxon continuous with neighbouring areas ?		Yes
23. Are the outside populations also under similar threats / pressures?		Yes
24. Recommendations		S (Survey, search and find), M (Monitoring)
Research / Management
a) in situ		Chhattisgarh – Jagdalpur, Bastar Madhya Pradesh – Bhopal, Samarda, Raigarh, Mandla (Moti Nala), Chindwar (Patalkot)
b) ex situ		-
i) Cultivation		-
ii) Level of difficulty in propagation / cultivation		2 (Moderately difficult)
25. Existing cultivation-		-
26. Previous assessment		-
27. Data sources (Including literature)		· S.S. Bisen - Medicinal plants of central India · Verma, D.M., P.C. Pant & M.I. Hanfi, 1985. Flora of Raipur, Durg & Rajnandgaon; B.S.I · Mudgal, V., K.K. Khanna & P.K. Hajra, 1977. Flora of Madhya Pradesh. Vol. II; B.S.I
28. Compilers		R. L. S. Sikarwar (Facilitator), Arti Gupta (Recorder), Ashok K. Jain, N. Mohan Karnat, K. Ravikumar, Shahbaz Ahmad, J. L. Shrivastava, Ashutosh Tripathi, Uttam Kumar Subuddhi
29. Reviewers		Plenary