1. Botanical name

Urginea indica (Roxb.) Kunth

2. Synonym(s)

Drimia indica (Roxb.) J.P. Jessop

3. Family

Liliaceae

4. Taxonomic status

Species

5. Vernacular names

Jangli piyaz

6. Habit

Herb

7. Habitat

Through out moist zone, Tropical forest

8. Original global distribution

India, Asia, Africa

9. Current

regional

distribution

 

Chhattisgarh

Bastar, Gondagaum, Rajnandgaon, Bilaspur, Ambikapur

Madhya Pradesh

Dindori, Mandla, Amarkatak, Matinala, Satna, Pachmari

10. Elevation range (m)

300 – 1,500

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)

10 years

12. Extent of Occurrence – EOO

< 20,000Km2

13. Area of Occupancy – AOO

< 2,000Km2

14. No. of  locations / sub-populations 

Chhattisgarh

Madhya Pradesh

In all districts in moist Sal forest

In all districts in moist Sal forest

14 a. Data quality

3, 4

15. Threats

Hm (Harvest for medicine), Lp (Loss of Habitat - Quality),

Tp (Traded for parts)

16. Trade

 

Name(s)

Jangli piyaz

Level(s)

Local

Regional

National ü

Global

Parts traded

Bulb

Effect on population

Declining

Data quality

3, 4

17. Other comments

Destructive harvesting

18. Recent field studies

Annual progress report, ICAR, 2002-2003

19. Status

Chhattisgarh

Madhya Pradesh

- CITES

-

- Legislation

National -ve list of export

- Criteria based on

VU (A 2 c, d)

VU (A 2 c, d)

- IUCN

VU

VU

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, Sustainable management

Research / Management

a) in situ

-

b) ex situ

Tissue culture, Propagation

   i) Cultivation

-

   ii) Level of difficulty in propagation / cultivation

2 (Moderately difficult)

25. Existing cultivation-

-

26. Previous assessment

-

27. Data sources

(Including literature)

Tiwari et.al. 2002-2003

Pandey, R.K. et.al.1993-1994 (SFRI)

28. Compilers

S. N. Khotele (Facilitator), Omkar Lal Shrivastava, R. K. Pandey,

Pushp Jain, Ruby Sharma, J. P. Sharma, Shweta Singh (Recorder),

R. K. S. Tiwari, R. Vijaya Sankar, Vinay Tandon

29. Reviewers

Plenary