Species

Alangium salvifolium (L.f.) Wang.

Synonyms

 

A.decapetalum Lam.

A.lamarckii Thw.

Family

Alangiaceae (Cornaceae)

Vernacular Name

Ankol, Agnya, Ankera

Trade Name

Ankol

Taxonomic status

Species

Habit

Tree

Forest Type

Microhabitat

Moist & Dry deciduous

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Original Global distribution

India, Sri Lanka, Southern China, Malaya, Philippines

Regional distribution (Maharashtra)

Konkan, Western Ghats, Khandesh, Marathwada (rare)

Elevation in Meters

0 – 500 meters

Extent of Occurrence (EOO)

>20,000 Km2

Area of Occupancy (AOO)

>2000 Km2

No. of  locations

>10

Generation time

30 years

Population trends - % decline

<10%

Time / Rate (Yrs./ Generation)

 3 generations

Population distribution

Contiguous (doubtful)

Data Quality

General field studies & Literature

Recent field studies

Naik V.N. (1970-2000) Marathwada

Patil S.H. (1987-2001) Vidarbha, Khandesh

Challare (1980-2000) Khandesh

Jadhav Guruji (1980-2000) Konkan

Yadav S.S. (1982-2001) Khandesh

Threats

L-Loss of Habitat, H- Harvest, Hf- Harvest for food

Other comments

Wood is utilized for fire, fencing, thatching

Status: IUCN

LC- Least Concern

Criteria based on

Not applicable

CITES

No

Presence in Protected Areas

No

Research Recommendations

 

M- Monitoring to determine population information.

Lh- Life history studies

Management Recommendations

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Cultivation Recommendations

Level of difficulty

Level 1

Very difficult

Sources

Flora of Marathwada, V.N.Naik

Flora of Maharashtra, M.R. Almeida

Flora of Maharashtra, Dicotyledons, N.P.Singh & S. Karthikeyan, Flora of Nagpur, Ugemuge,

Flora of Sindhudurg, B.G. Kulkarni

Flora of Nasik, P. Lakshminarasimhan & B.D. Sharma

Flora of Raigad, M. J. Kothari & S. Moorthy

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

Flora of Yavatmal, S. Kartikeyan & Anand Kumar

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

Flora of Melghat, Dhore & Joshi, Flora of Chandrapur, Moorthy

Compilers

Challare B., Chaudhary C., Jadhav Guruji, Jagtap S., Khankane, Kulkarni M., Naik V., Patil S., Pawara C., Prasad V., Ravikumar K., Reddy, Upadhye A., Vartak V., Yadav S.