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Species (& synonyms) |
Kaempferia galanga L. |
|
Vernacular name |
Not
known |
|
Family |
ZINGIBERACEAE |
|
Taxonomic status |
Species |
|
Habit |
Herb |
|
Habitat |
Low
altitude grasslands |
|
Original global
distribution |
Indo-Malaya
|
|
Current regional
distribution |
Not
in Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu |
|
- Elevation (m) |
Not
known |
|
- Range (km2) |
Not
known |
|
- Area occupied (km2) |
Not
assessed |
|
- No. of locations |
Not
known |
|
Population Trends |
|
|
- % decline |
Not
known |
|
- Time/Rate (years or
generations) |
Not
known |
|
- No. of mature individuals |
Not
known |
|
Global population |
Not
assessed |
|
Regional population |
Not
known |
|
Data quality |
Literature
studies |
|
Recent field studies |
Nil |
|
Threats |
Not
known |
|
Trade |
Not
known |
|
Other comments |
Last
collected during 1979 from Silent Valley. Occurrence in wild in southern
India is doubtful. Cultivated extensively for its medicinal tuberous root. |
|
Status |
|
|
- IUCN |
NE (KA, KL & TN) |
|
- Criteria based on |
|
|
- CITES |
|
|
- IWPA (1972; 91) |
|
|
- National legialation |
Yes, in negative list of
exports (Notification 2 (RE-98) dt 13.4.98, 1997-2002) |
|
Recommendations |
|
|
- Research management |
Survey-search
and find (S), Taxonomic and morphological genetic studies (T). |
|
- P.H.V.A. |
Yes,
for reintroduction. |
|
Cultivation prog.
recommendations |
|
|
- Cultivation |
|
|
- Level of difficulty |
|
|
Existing cultivation |
|
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- Names of facilities |
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Previous assessment |
CR in CAMP-I (Feb.‘95) compiled by N.Anil Kumar,
P.Balasubramanian, M.P.Nayar, A.G.Pandurangan, V.S.Ramachandran, S.R.Ramesh,
D.Ramkanth, C.J.Saldanha, Sally Walker, Sanjay Molur, N.Sasidharan, U.S.Seal,
A.N.Shetty, B.V.Shetty, C.K.Sreedharan, K.N.Subramanian, D.K.Ved, Vinay Tandon
|
|
Sources |
Nil |
|
Compilers |
M.Abdul
Kareem, M.Ahmedullah, T.Ananda Rao, N.Anil Kumar, Anjali Wadehra, Anjana
Mudappa, S.Aroumougame, S.S.R.Bennet, Dasappa, J.L.Ellis, K.R.Geetha,
R.Gopalan, B.Gurudev Singh, V.P.Hiremath, V.Irudayaraj, Jagat Ram, C.R.Jawahar,
P.John Jebaraj, C.G.Kushalappa, Mohan Karnat, N.Mohanan, K.N.Murthy,
D.Narasimhan, M.P.Nayar, S.Noorunnisa Begum, A.G.Pandurangan, V.Prabhakaran,
V.S.Ramachandran, S.R.Ramesh, K.Ravikumar, Sanjay Molur, N.Sasidharan,
A.E.Shanawaz Khan, C.Seema, Y.N.Seetharam, B.V.Shetty, B.S.Somashekhar,
T.S.Srinivasa Murthy, D.Stephen, Subhash Mali, S.P.Subramani, T.S.Suma, Sumy
Oommen, D.Suresh Baburaj, M.H.Swaminath, P.S.Udayan, D.K.Ved, Vinay Tandon,
M.B.Viswanathan. |