Species

Embelia ribes  Burm. f.

Synonyms

E. glandulifera Wight

Family

Myrsinaceae

Vernacular Name

Wavding, Karkannie, Waiwarang, Widang

Trade Name

Wavding

Taxonomic status

Species

Habit

Woody scandent shrub

Forest Type

Microhabitat

Semi-evergreen, Dry & Moist deciduous

Fringes of forest, along streamS

Original Global distribution

Indo Malayan

Regional distribution (Maharashtra)

 

Amaravati, Gondia, Ratnagiri, Satara, Kolhapur, Sindhudurg, Raigad, Pune, Thane, Sangali

Elevation

100 - 1400 meters

Extent of Occurrence (EOO)

>20,000 km2

Area of Occupancy (AOO)

10 –500 km2

No. of  locations

>10

Generation time

10 years

Population trends - % decline

>50 %

Time / Rate (Yrs./ Generation)

3 generations

Population distribution

Fragmented

Data Quality

General field studies & Literature

Recent field studies

BSI District survey, Mahajan (1970-2000) Dahanu, Kolhapur, Mahabaleshwar, Chandoli, Sardesai (1994-2000) Kolhapur, Badave (2000) Koyana nagar

Threats

Hm – Harvest for Medicine, O – Habitat fragmentation

Ov – Overexploitation

Other comments

Since fruits are harvested, regeneration is very much reduced. Improper harvesting – destructive exploitation.

Status: IUCN

DD – Data Deficient (regarding population decline)

Criteria based on

Not applicable

CITES

No

Presence in Protected Areas

Yes

Research Recommendations

 

T – Taxonomic and Morphological genetic studies

Lh – Life history studies, H – Husbundary research

M – Monitoring to determine population information.

Management Recommendations

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Cultivation Recommendations

Level of difficulty

Level 1

Least difficult

Sources

Flora of Nagpur by   Ugemuge

Flora of Akola, S.Y. Kamble & S.G. Pradhan

Flora of Yavatmal, S. Karthikeyan & Anand Kumar

Flora of Buldhana, P.G. Diwakar & B.D. Sharma

Flora of Maharashtra state Dicotyledones, N.P. Singh & S. Karthikeyan, Flora of Mahabaleshwar, S.Deshpande et al

Flora of Sindhudurg, B.G. Kulkarni

Flora of Bombay Presidency, Cooke

Compilers

Bhogaonkar P., Bhuskute S., Das Das, Diwakar P., Giri R., Karant M., Khandwai G., Kulkarni M., Lakshminarasimhan P., Padhye M., Patwardhan A., Rao K., Tiwari V., Vivarekar N.