1. Botanical name

Aconitum violaceum Jacq. ex Stapf.

2. Synonym(s)

A. napellus var. multifolium (Royle) Hook

3. Family

Ranunculaceae

4. Taxonomic status

Species

5. Vernacular names

Dudh Atis (Kumaon), Dudhi mohra (H.P)

6. Habit

Perennial herb

7. Habitat

Temperate Alpine grass fields in well watered meadows, open slopes shrubberies.

8. Original global distribution

India, Pakistan, Nepal

9. Current

regional

distribution

Himachal Pradesh

Chansal Ghati, Chandranahan, Mural Daula

Jammu & Kashmir

Shagali thatch, Rohtang Pass, Chandratal

Uttaranchal

Garhwal and Kumaon

10. Elevation range (m)

3,600 – 4,800

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 Km2

13. Area of Occupancy – AOO

> 2,000 Km2

14. No. of  locations / sub-populations 

Himachal Pradesh

Jammu & Kashmir

Uttaranchal

Many

3

Many

14 a. Data quality

2,  3

15. Threats 

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

16. Trade

 

Name(s)

Meetha Telia/ Bach nag

Level(s)

Local ü

Regional ü

National ü

Global ü

Parts traded

-

Effect on population

Declining

Data quality

2,  3

17. Other comments

·          Regulated collections and sustainable exploitation.needed

·          Traded as TELIA, Substitute, BACHNAG

18. Recent field studies

·          Ms. Nima Manjrekar, WII, Dehradun, 97 (Pine valley, HP)

·          Chauhan, 1999

·          Nautiyal, N,S, 2003, Tropical Ecology

19. Status

Himachal Pradesh

Jammu & Kashmir

Uttaranchal

- CITES     

-

- Legislation

National Negative List of exports, 1998

- Criteria based on

VU (A 2 c, d)

VU (A 2 c, d)

VU (A 2 c, d)

- IUCN

VU (G)

20. % of global presence

60 –70%

21. Existing Conservation measures

-

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

-

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

-

24. Recommendations

-

Research / Management

 

a) in situ

HP - Rohtang

JK - Chandanwari (Anantnag), Toshmaidan (Baramulla)

UA - Madhmaheshwar (Rudraprayag), Dayara (Uttarkashi), Dudhatoli

b) ex situ

-

   i) Cultivation

-

   ii) Level of difficulty in propagation / cultivation

3 (Very difficult)

25. Existing cultivation-

-

26. Previous assessment

VU (J&K, H.P.) – Kullu CAMP

27. Data sources (Including literature)

·       Chauhan, 1999

·       Nautiyal, N,S, 2003, Tropical E coogy

28. Compilers

R. D. Gaur (Facilitator), G. S. Rawat (Recorder), S. Chandola, A. R. Nautiyal, P. P. Bhojvaid, K. Ravikumar, Utkarsh Ghate

29. Reviewers

H. B. Naithani, S. S. Samant, M. C. Nautiyal, V. P. Bhat, S. K. Murti, G. A. Kinhal, R. Vijaya Sankar, Rekha Naithani, N.K. Bhardwaj, Kailash Sharma, R. K. Verma, Vaneet Jishtu, Rajender Kumar, Ranjit Rawat, N. S. Chauhan, Vinay Tandon, H. K. Badola