1. Botanical name

Embelia tsjeriam-cottam DC.

2. Synonym(s)

Embelia robusta C.B. Clarke non Roxb.

3. Family

Myrsinaceae

4. Taxonomic status

Species

5. Vernacular names

Baibirang, Vidayng, Vaividang

6. Habit

Shrub

7. Habitat

In mixed deciduous forests

8. Original global distribution

Indo Malayan region

9. Current

regional

distribution

 

Chhattisgarh

Through out

Madhya Pradesh

Through out

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

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

> 1,000 locations (Widely distributed)

> 500 locations

14 a. Data quality

2, 3, 4

15. Threats

Hm (Harvest for medicine), L (Loss of Habitat), Sf (Fire), T (Trade)

16. Trade

 

Name(s)

Baibirang

Level(s)

Local ü

Regional ü

National ü

Global ü

Parts traded

Seeds

Effect on population

Declining

Data quality

2, 3, 4

17. Other comments

Sustainable harvesting should be promoted

18. Recent field studies

·     Asolkar, Kakkar & Chakre, 1965-1981.  Glossary of Indian medicinal plants with active principles, Part 1

·     MHFW & H, 2001 – 02. Vol. 1.

19. Status

Chhattisgarh

Madhya Pradesh

- CITES

-

- Legislation

-

- Criteria based on

NT (A 2 c, d)

VU (A 2 c, d)

- IUCN

NT

VU

20. % of global presence

> 30 %

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

S (Survey, search and find), Hm (Habitat management)

Research / Management

a) in situ

Chhattisgarh – Kapsi, Bande, Damtari, Achanakmar

Madhya Pradesh - Amarkantak

b) ex situ

-

   i) Cultivation

3

   ii) Level of difficulty in propagation / cultivation

2 (Moderately difficult)

25. Existing cultivation-

-

26. Previous assessment

-

27. Data sources

(Including literature)

·     Asolkar, Kakkar & Chakre, 1965-1981.  Glossary of Indian medicinal plants with active principles, Part 1

·     MHFW & H, 2001 – 02. Vol. 1.

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