1. Botanical name

Buchanania lanzan Spreng.

2. Synonym(s)

-

3. Family

Anacardiaceae

4. Taxonomic status

Species

5. Vernacular names

Achar, Priyal, Chironji, Charol, Char

6. Habit

Tree (Medium sized)

7. Habitat

Plane area of the forest

8. Original global distribution

Tropical forest area, India, Myanmar

9. Current

regional

distribution

 

Chhattisgarh

Widely distributed

Madhya Pradesh

Widely distributed

10. Elevation range (m)

200 – 900

11. Population Reduction – PR

 

States

< 30%

30 to 49%

50 to < 80%

­³ 80%

Chhattisgarh

ü

 

 

 

Madhya Pradesh

ü

 

 

 

Data quality

2, 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

Wide spread

Wide spread

14 a. Data quality

2, 3, 4

15. Threats

Hm (Harvest for medicine), Hf (Harvest for food), L (Loss of Habitat - Quality), T (Trade)

16. Trade

 

Name(s)

Char, Chiranji

Level(s)

Local ü

Regional ü

National ü

Global ü

Parts traded

Fruit / Seed

Effect on population

Declining

Data quality

2, 3, 4

17. Other comments

-

18. Recent field studies

§    Ram Prasad & Mishra, 2001. IIFM, Bhopal

§    Ram Prasad, Kotwal & Mishra, 2002. IIFM, Bhopal

§    Patnaik, S, 1999-2000. RCNAEB Report, IIFM, Bhopal

§    Pratima Bhatnagar (Market assessment)

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

15%

15%

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

Seed Biology, Phenological aspects

Research / Management

a) in situ

Lakunga, Tamar (Rajnandgaon Dt.)

Chitrakoot, Chindwara (Chamia), Bande, Kapsi

b) ex situ

 

   i) Cultivation

 

   ii) Level of difficulty in propagation / cultivation

3 (Very difficult)

25. Existing cultivation-

-

26. Previous assessment

-

27. Data sources

(Including literature)

Flora of Madhya Pradesh

Flora of Bilaspur District

Patnaik, S, 1999-2000. RCNAEB Report, IIFM, Bhopal

28. Compilers

Anjali Rawat (Recorder), A. K. Bhattacharya, S. J. Chipde, D. K. Ved

K. K.  Khanna, A. K. Kulshrestha, Manish Mishra, Suprava Patnaik,

Manisha Alice Lakra, Nagar, T. R. Sahu (Facilitator), B. Saluja

29. Reviewers

Ajay K. Awasthi, Arvind Anil Boaz, P. Bhattacharya, Pankaj Oudhia,

Brajesh Kumar Sahu, Krishna Patra, G.A.  Kinhal, Vinay K. Sinha,

S. S. Chandravanshi