Waytura (Aponogeton satarensis)

Aponogeton satarensis is only known from five sites in small temporary pools on the top of widely separated hill plateaus in the Western Ghats. The species is assessed as Endangered which was described in 1982. The immediate threat to the species come with a laundry list of issues: At one of these sites, some of the temporary pools have been lost due to Construction of windmills, increase of tourism (botanical amateurs) and litter disposal, increased pollution, mining of laterite, changes in micro habitats by earth removal and unintended fires in summer caused by tourists and grazers.