1. Botanical name

Oroxylum indicum (L.) Vent

2. Synonym(s)

Calosanthes indica Blume

3. Family

Bignoniaceae

4. Taxonomic status

Species

5. Vernacular names

Shynak

6. Habit

Tree

7. Habitat

Tropical deciduous forest

8. Original global distribution

India

9. Current

regional

distribution

 

Chhattisgarh

Widely distributed

Madhya Pradesh

Widely distributed

10. Elevation range (m)

300 – 900

11. Population Reduction – PR

 

States

< 30%

30 to 49%

50 to < 80%

­³ 80%

Chhattisgarh

 

ü

 

 

Madhya Pradesh

 

ü

 

 

Data quality

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

Many

Many

14 a. Data quality

3, 4

15. Threats

Hm (Harvest for medicine), Tp (Traded for parts)

16. Trade

 

Name(s)

Shyonak

Level(s)

Local ü

Regional ü

National ü

Global

Parts traded

Root, Bark

Effect on population

Declining

Data quality

3, 4

17. Other comments

Bark is unscientifically harvested with out considering immature plants

18. Recent field studies

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India, DISM & H, WHO, 2001-2002

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 %

< 1 %

21. Existing Conservation measures

-

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

Yes

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

Yes

24. Recommendations

Multiplication, Sustainable harvesting

Research / Management

a) in situ

CG – Kanger

MP – Bhopalpatnam, Dantewada

b) ex situ

-

   i) Cultivation

-

   ii) Level of difficulty in propagation / cultivation

2 (Moderately difficult)

25. Existing cultivation-

-

26. Previous assessment

 

27. Data sources

(Including literature)

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India, DISM & H, WHO, 2001-2002

28. Compilers

S. N. Khotele (Facilitator), Omkar Lal Shrivastava, R. K. Pandey, Pushp Jain, Ruby Sharma, J. P. Sharma, Shweta Singh (Recorder),

R. K. S. Tiwari, R. Vijaya Sankar, Vinay Tandon

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