Taxon Data Sheet

1. Botanical name		*Litsea glutinosa* (Lour.) C. B. Robinson
2. Synonym(s)		Litsea sebifera Pers. Sebifera glutinosa Lour
3. Family		Lauraceae
4. Taxonomic status		Species
5. Vernacular names		Maida Lakri
6. Habit		Tree
7. Habitat		Along streams, on hill slopes and in Sal mixed forests
8. Original global distribution		Sub tropical and tropical Asia
9. Current regional distribution	Chhattisgarh	Bilaspur, Raigarh, Raipur, Bastar, Kankar
	Madhya Pradesh	Hoshangabad, Rewa, Seoni, Shivpuri, Sagar, Panna, Mandla
10. Elevation range (m)		Up to 1,000
11. Population Reduction – PR	States	< 30%	30 to 49%		50 to < 80%		³ 80%
	Chhattisgarh		ü
	Madhya Pradesh		ü
	Data quality	2, 3, 4
11 a. Time/Rate (years/generations)		3 generations
12. Extent of Occurrence – EOO		>20,000Km²
13. Area of Occupancy – AOO		>2,000Km²
14. No. of locations / sub-populations		Chhattisgarh			Madhya Pradesh
		In pockets			In pockets
14 a. Data quality		2, 3, 4
15. Threats		Hm (Harvest for medicine), Lf (Loss of Habitat - Fragmentation), Sf (Fire), Sd (Draught), Tp (Traded for parts)
16. Trade	Name(s)	Maida lakri
	Level(s)	Local ü		Regional ü	National ü			Global ü
	Parts traded	Bark
	Effect on population	Declining
	Data quality	2, 3, 4
17. Other comments		· Gum of the bark is used to make Agarbatti · Natural regeneration of the species is almost absent. Natural regeneration is by coppicing
18. Recent field studies		Mudgal, V., K.K. Khanna & P.K. Hajra, 1977. Flora of Madhya Pradesh. Vol. II; B.S.I
19. Status		Chhattisgarh				Madhya Pradesh
- CITES		-
- Legislation		-
- Criteria based on		VU (A 2 c, d)				VU (A 2 c, d)
- IUCN		VU				VU
20. % of global presence		1 – 2 %				< 5%
21. Existing Conservation measures		Further exploitation banned
22. Is the presence of taxon continuous with neighbouring areas ?		Yes (U.P., Bihar, Orissa, Arunachal Pradesh)
23. Are the outside populations also under similar threats / pressures?		Yes
24. Recommendations		S (Survey, search and find), M (Monitoring), Hm (Habitat management)
Research / Management
a) in situ		Chhattisgarh – Narainpur, Dantewada, Bajpur Madhya Prades – Chitrakoot, Shivpuri
b) ex situ		-
i) Cultivation		3
ii) Level of difficulty in propagation / cultivation		3 (Very difficult)
25. Existing cultivation-
26. Previous assessment
27. Data sources (Including literature)		Mudgal, V., K.K. Khanna & P.K. Hajra, 1977. Flora of Madhya Pradesh. Vol. II; B.S.I
28. Compilers		Anjali Rawat (Recorder), A. K. Bhattacharya, S. J. Chipde, D. K. Ved K. K. Khanna, A. K. Kulshrestha, Manish Mishra, Suprava Patnaik, Manisha Alice Lakra, Nagar, T. R. Sahu (Facilitator), B. Saluja
29. Reviewers		Ajay K. Awasthi, Arvind Anil Boaz, P. Bhattacharya, Pankaj Oudhia, Brajesh Kumar Sahu, Krishna Patra, G.A. Kinhal, Vinay K. Sinha, S. S. Chandravanshi

Lauraceae

States

2, 3, 4

>20,000Km2

2, 3, 4

Maida lakri

Bark

2, 3, 4

Further exploitation banned

Yes (U.P., Bihar, Orissa, Arunachal Pradesh)

Yes

>20,000Km²