1. Botanical name

Embelia ribes Burm. f.

2. Synonym(s) 

 

3. Family

Myrsinaceae

4. Taxonomic status

Species

5. Vernacular names

Biring – guti, Biakol-lata (Assamese), Meika- e – jaonain (Synt)

6. Habit

Liana

7. Habitat

Grasslands, evergreen forests

8. Original global distribution

India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, S. China

9. Current

regional

distribution

 

Ar. Pradesh

Itanagar, Kimin, Hunli, (Dibang valley)

Assam

Upper Assam

Meghalaya

Khasi, Jaintia

Sikkim

Not recorded

10. Elevation range (m)

650-1,200

11. Population Reduction – PR

 

States \ Class

< 30%

30 to 49%

50 to < 80%

­³ 80%

Ar. Pradesh

?

 

 

 

Assam

 

 

 

 

Meghalaya

 

 

 

 

Sikkim

 

 

 

 

Data quality

 

11 a. Time/Rate (years/generations)

 

12. Extent of Occurrence – EOO 

> 20,000 Km2

13. Area of Occupancy – AOO 

> 2,000 Km2

14. No. of  locations / sub-populations 

Ar. Pradesh

Assam

Meghalaya

Sikkim

3

 

 

 

14 a. Data quality

2, 3

15. Threats 

T=Taded from Arunachal Pradesh Via Assam, L=Habitat loss, Jhum cultivation, Agriculture expansion, Sf=Forest fire (Itanagar area).

16. Trade

 

Name(s)

Biring – guti

Level(s)

Local

Regional

National ü

Global

Parts traded

Fruits

Impact on population

Not Known

Data quality

3

17. Other comments

Embelia floribunda is adulterated with Embelia ribes.

18. Recent field studies

Borthakur, 1995 – 2002. Guwahati Market

19. Status

Ar. Pradesh

Assam

Meghalaya

Sikkim

- CITES     

 

 

 

 

- Legislation

 

 

 

 

- Criteria based on

 

 

 

 

- IUCN

DD

DD

DD

DD

20. % of global presence

< 5%

< 5%

< 1%

< 1%

21. Existing Conservation measures

Nil

22. Is the presence of taxon continuous with neighboring areas ?

Yes

23. Are the outside populations also under similar threats / pressures ?

Not known

24. Recommendations

a) Research / Management

i) in situ ü

ii) ex situ

b)      Cultivation

c)      Level of difficulty in propagation / cultivation

 

 

Survey of wild populations needed (S).

 

Not known

3 (Very difficult)

25. Existing cultivation

No

26. Previous assessment

VU in Karnataka & Tamil Nadu, LR nt in Kerala

(CAMP-Bangalore, 1998)

27. Data sources

(including literature)

§         U.N. Kanjkal  Flora of Assam Vol. II. Govt. of Assam, 1934

§         Haridasan & Rao 1987. Flora of Meghalaya

28. Compilers

S.K. Borthakur (Facilitator), Pushpadhar Gogoi,

P.K. Dutta, P.C. Rai, Utkarsh Ghate (Recorder),

Pranab Bujarbarua, P. J.  Bora, D. Mathur, S. K. Barik,

M. Islam.

29. Reviewers

S.N. Hegde (Facilitator), L.R. Bhuyan, M.S. Rawat, Manju Sundriyal, K. Ravikumar (Recorder),

M. Majumdar, K.C. Malakar, A. K Baishya, D.K. Ved.