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Species |
Helicteris
isora L. |
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Synonyms |
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Family |
Sterculiaceae |
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Vernacular Name |
Murudsheng, Kewan,
Atai, Ati |
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Trade Name |
Murudsheng |
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Taxonomic status |
Species |
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Habit |
Shrub/ Small tree |
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Forest Type Microhabitat |
Moist & Dry
deciduous, Open scrub Along hill slopes, Open
places |
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Original Global distribution |
Paleotropical |
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Regional distribution (Maharashtra) |
Throughout Maharashtra |
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Elevation |
0 –400 meters |
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Extent of Occurrence (EOO) |
>20,000 km2 |
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Area of Occupancy (AOO) |
>2000 km2 |
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No. of locations |
>10 |
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Generation time |
10years |
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Population trends - % decline |
<10 % |
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Time / Rate (Yrs./ Generation) |
3 generations |
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Population distribution |
Contiguous |
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Data Quality |
General field studies
& Literature |
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Recent field studies |
BSI District survey,
Badawe (2000) Koyana, Pateshwar Kshirsagar (2001)
Raigad, Gavade (2000) Amboli Shimple (2000) Kolhapur
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Threats |
Hm – Harvest for
medicine, H – Harvest |
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Other comments |
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Status: IUCN |
LC – Least
Concern
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Criteria based on |
Not applicable |
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CITES |
No |
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Presence in Protected Areas |
Yes |
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Research Recommendations |
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Management Recommendations |
---- |
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Cultivation Recommendations Level of difficulty |
Level 3 Least difficult |
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Sources |
Flora of Maharashtra,
M. R. Almeida Flora of Akola, S.Y.
Kamble & S.G. Pradhan Flora of Yavatmal, S.
Karthikeyan & Anand Kumar Flora of Ahemadnagar,
S.G.Pradhan & Singh Flora of Mahabaleshwar,
S.Deshpande et al Flora of Sindhudurg,
B.G. Kulkarni Flora of Raigad, M. J.
Kothari and S. Moorthy Flora of Maharashtra
state Dicotyledones, N.P. Singh & S. Karthikeyan, Flora of Bombay
Presidency, Cooke Tropical Indian
Medicinal Plants, Sumy, Ved & Krishnan |
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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. |