1. Botanical name		Podophyllum hexandrum Royle
2. Synonym(s)		Podophyllum emodi Wall. ex Hook.f. & Thoms.
3. Family		Podophyllaceae
4. Taxonomic status		Species
5. Vernacular names		Bankari, Galakada, Shathjalapari
6. Habit		Herb with perennial rootstock
7. Habitat		Alpine to temperate regions. Moist shady places with humus soil.
8. Original global distribution		Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, S.W.China, Myanmar
9. Current regional distribution	Himachal Pradesh	Dhamrera (Rohru), Pangi, Chamba, Kinnaur, Kullu, Churdha
	Jammu & Kashmir	Jai, Tungmarg, Santhal
	Uttaranchal	Kedarnath, Haekdoon, Kuari pass, Valley of flowers, Pamvali, Ralam, Khatling, Milam, Darma, Byans, Dodital
10. Elevation range (m)		Up to 4,000
11. Population Reduction – PR	States	< 30%	30 to <49%			50 to < 80%					³ 80%
	Himachal Pradesh					ü
	Jammu & Kashmir					ü
	Uttaranchal					ü
	Data quality	2, 3
11 a. Time/Rate (years/generations)		10 years
12. Extent of Occurrence – EOO		>20, 000 Km^2
13. Area of Occupancy – AOO		> 2,000 Km^2
14. No. of locations / sub-populations		Himachal Pradesh			Jammu & Kashmir				Uttaranchal
		Many							Many
14 a. Data quality		3
15. Threats		Hm (Harvest for medicine), Lf (Loss of Habitat - Fragmentation), Tp (Traded for parts), Lp (Loss of habitat – Quality)
16. Trade	Name(s)	Bankakri
	Level(s)	Local ü		Regional ü			National	Global
	Parts traded	Rhizome & Roots
	Effect on population	Declining
	Data quality	3
17. Other comments		· Poor natural regeneration due to seed dormancy (HPU, 2002) · Roots anti cancerous; P. auranticole is often mixed with & traded
18. Recent field studies		· Field observations by HFRI at Rupibhaba, Sangla (2002) · Field observations by ISM, Jogindernagar, at Dhamrera, Sural (Pangi), 2002 · Dr. N.S. Chauhan; Dr. H.K. Bodola; Mr. Sanjay K. Singh: · Mr. C.P.Kala; Uniyal et.al.2002 (WII), · HAPPRC; FRI
19. Status		Himachal Pradesh			Jammu & Kashmir					Uttaranchal
- CITES		Appendix II
- Legislation		Negative list of Exports, 1998
- Criteria based on		EN (A 2 c, d)			EN (A 2 c, d)					EN (A 2 c, d)
- IUCN		EN			EN					EN
20. % of global presence		5%			10%					5%
21. Existing Conservation measures		· Enrichment planting being undertaken in the degraded forests · Vanaspati vans
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), S (Survey, search & find), M (Monitoring)
Research / Management
a) in situ		JK – Jai, Tungmarg, Santhal HP – Dhotithal (Chakratha hills) Uttaranchal – Parvati valley
b) ex situ		Seed banks to be established
i) Cultivation		-
ii) Level of difficulty in propagation / cultivation		3 (Very difficult)
25. Existing cultivation-		Under Vanspati vans scheme
26. Previous assessment		EN (Kullu CAMP)
27. Data sources (Including literature)		· N.S. Chauhan, 1994, Herbal wealth of Lahaul and Spiti, Souvenir, Tribal fair, Keylong · Singh & Rawat G.S., 1998, Long term monitoring of vegetation GHNP, Kullu
28. Compilers		R. D. Gaur (Facilitator), G. S. Rawat (Recorder), S. Chandola, A. R. Nautiyal, P. P. Bhojvaid, K. Ravikumar, Utkarsh Ghate
29. Reviewers		G.S. Goraya, Subhash Rana, D.r. Nag, S.P. Subramani, Sanjeeva Pandey, Surinder Kumar, K.S. Kapoor Mrs. Shashi Sharma, Darshan Shankar