1. Botanical name

Baliospermum montanum (Willd.) Muell. - Arg.

2. Synonym(s)

Baliospermum axillare Blume

Jatropha Montana Willd.

3. Family

Euphorbiacea

4. Taxonomic status

Species

5. Vernacular names

Danti

6. Habit

Shrub

7. Habitat

Tropical dry and deciduous forest

8. Original global distribution

Paleotropic

9. Current

regional

distribution

 

Chhattisgarh

Widely distributed

Madhya Pradesh

Widely distributed

10. Elevation range (m)

200 – 1000

11. Population Reduction – PR

 

States

< 30%

30 to 49%

50 to < 80%

­³ 80%

Chhattisgarh

ü

 

 

 

Madhya Pradesh

ü

 

 

 

Data quality

3, 4

11 a. Time/Rate (years/generations)

3 generations

12. Extent of Occurrence – EOO

>20,000Km2

13. Area of Occupancy – AOO

>2,000Km2

14. No. of  locations / sub-populations 

Chhattisgarh

Madhya Pradesh

Many

Many

14 a. Data quality

3, 4

15. Threats

Hm (Harvest for medicine), L (Loss of Habitat), Tp (Traded for parts)

16. Trade

 

Name(s)

Danti mul

Level(s)

Local

Regional ü

National ü

Global

Parts traded

Leaves, Latex, Root, Seeds

Effect on population

Declining

Data quality

3, 4

17. Other comments

The roots are sold, therefore, the depletion of this species is very fast

18. Recent field studies

§    K. Ravi kumar & Ved, 2000.

§    Tiwari, et.al.  2003. Propagation method – Report

19. Status

Chhattisgarh

Madhya Pradesh

- CITES

-

- Legislation

-

- Criteria based on

NT  (A 2 c, d)

NT  (A 2 c, d)

- IUCN

NT

NT

20. % of global presence

< 1 %

< 1 %

21. Existing Conservation measures

-

22. Is the presence of taxon continuous with neighbouring areas ?

Yes

23. Are the outside populations also under similar threats / pressures?

Yes

24. Recommendations

Multiplication, Introduction in protected forest area, Experiments on methods of propagation

Research / Management

a) in situ

 

b) ex situ

 

   i) Cultivation

 

   ii) Level of difficulty in propagation / cultivation

1 (Least difficult)

25. Existing cultivation-

-

26. Previous assessment

-

27. Data sources

(Including literature)

§    K. Ravi kumar & Ved, 2000.

§    Tiwari, et.al.  2003. Propagation method – Report

28. Compilers

Ajay K. Awasthi, Arvind Anil Boaz (Facilitator), P. Bhattacharya,

Brajesh Kumar Sahu, S.S. Chandravanshi, Krishna Patra (Recorder),

G. A. Kinhal, Pankaj Oudhia, Vinay K. Sinha

29. Reviewers

S. N. Khotele, Omkar Lal Shrivastava, R. K. Pandey, Pushp Jain, Ruby Sharma, J. P. Sharma, Shweta Singh, R. K. S. Tiwari,

R. Vijaya Sankar, Vinay Tandon