|
Species (& synonyms) |
Commiphora wightii (Arn.) Bhandari = Commiphora mukul Engl. |
|
Vernacular name |
Not
known |
|
Family |
BURSERACEAE |
|
Taxonomic status |
Species |
|
Habit |
Small
tree |
|
Habitat |
Common
in open dry zones |
|
Original global
distribution |
Western
India and Pakistan. |
|
Current regional
distribution |
Karnataka
(Bellary and Mysore) |
|
- Elevation (m) |
300? |
|
- Range (km2) |
<
10,000 |
|
- Area occupied (km2) |
<
10 |
|
- No. of locations |
Not
known |
|
Population Trends |
|
|
- % decline |
Not
assessed |
|
- Time/Rate (years or
generations) |
Not
known |
|
- No. of mature individuals |
Not
known |
|
Global population |
Not
assessed |
|
Regional population |
Not
assessed |
|
Data quality |
General
field studies and herbarium and data |
|
Recent field studies |
Recorded
in Ranganthittu island and Srirangapatana (Dasappa, 1996)? |
|
Threats |
Not
known |
|
Trade |
High
quality trade of gum resin. Govt. of India has banned the export of this
species. Gum resin yields “guggul”, an important part of ayurvedic
formulations. Over exploitation from the wild in the northwestern part of
India. |
|
Other comments |
C.J.Saldanha
(Flora Karnataka Vol. 2: 200, 1996) reports its occurrence in Bellary and
Mysore based on Gamble (FPM 1: 122). Its occurrence in southern India is
doubtful and needs reconfirmation. |
|
Status |
|
|
- IUCN |
NE (KA, KL and TN). |
|
- Criteria based on |
|
|
- 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 |
Survey-search
and find (S), Habitat management (Hm), Taxonomic and morphological genetic
studies (T). |
|
- P.H.V.A. |
Yes |
|
Cultivation prog.
Recommendations |
Yes |
|
- Cultivation |
Level
3 (research) |
|
- Level of difficulty |
Level
2 (Moderately difficult) |
|
Existing cultivation |
None |
|
- Names of facilities |
Nil |
|
Previous assessment |
VU (Regionally), DD
(Globally) 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 |
Dasappa
(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. |