Species (& synonyms)

Schrebera swietenioides Roxb.

Vernacular name

Mogalinga mara (Kan.); Mogalinga maram, Pasarai (Tam.).

Family

OLEACEAE

Taxonomic status

Species

Habit

Tree

Habitat

Mixed deciduous forest

Original global distribution

Peninsular India, Burma and Tropical Himalayas

Current regional distribution

Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu

- Elevation (m)

500 – 1,000

- Range (km2)

> 50,000 (KA)

Not known (KL)

> 20,000 (TN)

- Area occupied (km2)

Not known (KA)

Not known (KL)

> 2,000 (TN)

- No. of locations

Fragmented (KA)

Not known (KL)

Many (TN)

Population Trends

 

- % decline

> 20 (KA)

Not known (KL)

Not known (TN)

- Time/Rate ( years or generations)

3 generations

- No. of mature individuals

Not assessed (KA)

Not assessed (KL)

Not assessed (TN)

Global population

Not assessed

Regional population

Not assessed

Data quality

General field studies, informal sightings, indirect observation and literature.

Recent field studies

C.G.Kushalappa (1995), BRT Hills MPCA (KA). N.Sasidharan (1995), Wynaad; V.S.Ramachandran (1994), Wynaad; P.S.Udayan (1998), Marayoor (KL). D.Stephen (1994), Mudumalai; M.B.Viswanathan (1995), Alagar kovil; K.Ravikumar (1992), Suruli falls, Aliyar forest, Thandikudi in Kodai hills (TN).

Threats

Harvest for medicine (Hm), Loss of habitat (L), Trade of parts (Tp).

Trade

Local, commercial.

Other comments

Roots used in Ayurveda. Proportion global population in Tamil Nadu < 5%.

Status

 

-IUCN:

VU (KA)

NE (KL)

DD (TN)

- Criteria based on

Population reduction (A1a) – KA

- CITES

No

- IWPA (1972; 91)

No

- National legialation

Not in negative list of exports (Notification 2 (RE-98) dt 13.4.98, 1997-2002)

Recommendations

 

- Research management

Habitat management (Hm), Survey-search and find (S) in Kerala State.

- P.H.V.A.

No

Cultivation prog. recommendations

 

-  Cultivation

Level 1 (ex-situ)

-  Level of difficulty

Level 2 (Moderately difficult)

Existing cultivation

None

- Names of facilities

Nil

Previous assessment

VU (Regionally), DD (Globally) in Camp II (Feb 96) compiled by S.S.R.Bennet, V.Chelladurai, R.J.R.Daniels, C.G.Kushalappa, Michael Maunder, A.G.Pandurangan, Purshottam Singh, V.S.Ramachandran, S.R.Ramesh, K.Ravikumar, Sally Walker, Sanjay Molur, N.Sasidharan, B.V.Shetty, M.Sivadasan, D.K.Ved, Vinay Tandon, M.B.Viswanathan.

Sources

C.G.Kushalappa, D.Stephen, M.B.Viswanathan (persn. observn.).

Compilers

M.Abdul Kareem, M.Ahmedullah, T.Ananda Rao, N.Anil Kumar, Anjali Wadehra, Anjana Mudappa, S.Aroumougame, S.S.R.Bennet, Dasappa, J.L.Ellis, K.R.Geetha, R.Gopalan, B.Gurudev Singh, V.P.Hiremath, V.Irudayaraj, Jagat Ram, 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, Sanjay Molur, N.Sasidharan, A.E.Shanawaz Khan, C.Seema Y.N.Seetharam, B.V.Shetty, B.S.Somashekhar, T.S.Srinivasa Murthy, D.Stephen, Subhash Mali, S.P.Subramani, T.S.Suma, Sumy Oommen, D.Suresh Baburaj, M.H.Swaminath, P.S.Udayan, D.K.Ved, Vinay Tandon, M.B.Viswanathan.