|
Species (& synonyms) |
Pterocarpus santalinus L.f. |
|
Vernacular name |
|
|
Family |
FABACEAE |
|
Taxonomic status |
Species |
|
Habit |
Tree |
|
Habitat |
Dry-
deciduous forest |
|
Original global
distribution |
ENDEMIC to southern Eastern Ghats |
|
Current regional
distribution |
Andhra
Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. |
|
- Elevation (m) |
± 500 |
|
- Range (km2) |
<
500 |
|
- Area occupied (km2) |
<
50 |
|
- No. of locations |
Highly
fragmented |
|
Population Trends |
|
|
- % decline |
>
80 |
|
- Time/Rate ( years or
generations) |
3
generations |
|
- No. of mature individuals |
Not
assessed |
|
Global population |
Not
known |
|
Regional population |
Not
assessed |
|
Data quality |
General
field studies |
|
Recent field studies |
Collected
from Devarayana durga and Karpakapalli MPCAs. (KA). |
|
Threats |
Loss
of habitat (L), Human interference (I), Harvest for timber (Ht), Trade (T) |
|
Trade |
Local
to global level |
|
Other comments |
A
good wild population occurs at Thirupathi and Nallamalai hills, Andhra
Pradesh. Sporadic wild populations also recorded along the bordering districts
of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu States. It needs to be assessed by state-wise
because of its localised distribution in wild. Local traders use the timber
for making diabetes bowls. Tree is a source of red coloured pigment used in
pharmaceutical and dye industries. Woods used for making guitar and violin.
About 56 tonnes of wood chips are exported per year. (M.P.Nayar, Hot Spots of
Endemic Plants of India, 1998). For more detail also refer K.Subramani’s
paper in Silvaplus journal. |
|
Status |
|
|
- IUCN |
CRITICALLY ENDANGERED (CR) |
|
- Criteria based on |
Extent
of occurrence (B1, 2a) and population estimates (C2a). |
|
- CITES |
Yes.
Appendix II |
|
- IWPA (1972; 91) |
No |
|
- National legislation |
Yes in negative list of exports
(Notification 2 (RE-98) dt 13.4.98, 1997-2002) |
|
Recommendations |
|
|
- Research management |
Habitat
management (Hm), Taxonomic and morphological genetic studies (T). |
|
- P.H.V.A. |
Yes |
|
Cultivation prog.
recommendations |
Micro
propagation |
|
- Cultivation |
Level
3 (research) |
|
- Level of difficulty |
Level
1 (Least difficult) |
|
Existing cultivation |
Yes |
|
- Names of facilities |
Extensively
planted in Andhra Pradesh and parts of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu by the For. Dept.
Also planted in some private lands and research inst. |
|
Previous assessment |
CR in CAMP- I (Feb. ‘ 95) compiled by N.Anil Kumar,
P.Balasubramanian, M.P.Nayar, A.G.Pandurangan, V.S.Ramachandran, S.R.Ramesh,
D.Ramkanth, C.J.Saldanha, Sally Walker, Sanjay Molur, N.Sasidharan, U.S.Seal,
A.N.Shetty, B.V.Shetty, C.K.Sreedharan, K.N.Subramanian, D.K.Ved, Vinay
Tandon |
|
Sources |
K.Ravikumar,
N.Anil Kumar, P.S.Udayan (persn. observn.). |
|
Compilers |
B.V.Shetty,
N.Anil Kumar, S.P.Subramani, S.Aroumougame, Sanjay Molur, B.S.Somashekhar,
T.S.Suma, M.H.Swaminath, V.P.Hiremath. |
|
Reviewers |
M.Abdul
Kareem, M.Ahmedullah, T.Ananda Rao, Anjali Wadehra, Anjana Mudappa,
S.S.R.Bennet, J.L.Ellis, Dasappa, K.R.Geetha, R.Gopalan, B.Gurudev Singh,
V.Irudayaraj, C.R.Jawahar, P.John Jebaraj, C.G.Kushalappa, Mohan Karnat,
N.Mohanan, K.N.Murthy, D.Narasimhan, M.P.Nayar, S.Noorunnisa Begum,
A.G.Pandurangan, V.Prabhakaran, V.S.Ramachandran, S.R.Ramesh, K.Ravikumar,
N.Sasidharan, C.Seema, Y.N.Seetharam, A.E.Shanawaz Khan, T.S.Srinivasa
Murthy, D.Stephen, Subhash Mali, Sumy Oommen, D.Suresh Baburaj, P.S.Udayan,
D.K.Ved, Vinay Tandon, M.B.Viswanathan. |