1. Botanical name

Picrorhiza kurroa Royle ex Benth.

2. Synonym(s)

 

 

3. Family

Scrophulariaceae

4. Taxonomic status

Species

5. Vernacular names

Kutki (Sanskrit); Kuru (Hindi)

6. Habit

Perrenial herb with fleshy root

7. Habitat

Alpine region, Well drained rocky slopes

8. Original global distribution

Himalayan region from Pakistan to Temperate Asia

9. Current

regional

distribution

 

Ar. Pradesh

Tawang and West Kameng Dt..

Assam

Not recorded

Meghalaya

Not recorded

Sikkim

North and West Sikkim

10. Elevation range (m)

3,000 – 5,000

11. Population Reduction – PR

 

States \  Class

< 30%

30 to 49%

50 to < 80%

­³ 80%

Ar. Pradesh

 

-

ü

 

Assam

 

-

-

 

Meghalaya

 

-

-

 

Sikkim

 

ü

-

 

Data quality

2   &  4 (Local trade market)

11 a. Time/Rate (years/generations)

10 years

12. Extent of Occurrence – EOO 

> 20,000 Km2

13. Area of Occupancy – AOO 

> 2,000 Km2

14. No. of  locations / sub-populations 

Ar. Pradesh

Assam

Meghalaya

Sikkim

5(Scattered)

-

-

2(Scattered)

14 a. Data quality

2    &   4

15. Threats 

Hm=, Harvest for medicine, Tp= Traded for parts;

L= Loss of habitat, Ov= Over exploitation.

16. Trade

 

Name(s)

Khongling – Monpa (Tribes)

Level(s)

Local ü

Regional ü

National ü

Global ü

Parts traded

Roots

Impact on population

Declining

Data quality

2   &   4 (Raw drug market)

17. Other comments

§         Roots used for Fever & tonic, Rheumatic pain.

§         CAMP participants confirmed this taxon to be correctly identified, without any confusion with Neopicrorrhizha scrophularifolia of Nepal CAMP, 2001.

18. Recent field studies

 

SFRI – WWF report , 1994 (Dichu, Mouling)

19. Status

Ar. Pradesh

Assam

Meghalaya

Sikkim

- CITES     

Appendix II

- Legislation

Negative list of exports

- Criteria based on

A 2 c, d

 

 

A 2 c, d

- IUCN

EN

 

 

VU

20. % of global presence

5 – 10  %

 

 

< 5%

21. Existing Conservation measures

Not specific for this species

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

 

Yes

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

 

Yes

24. Recommendations

a) Research / Management

i)        in situ

ii) ex situ

b)      Cultivation

c)      Level of difficulty in propagation / cultivation

 

 

Alpine zone in Tawang Dt..

 

 

1 (Least difficult)

25. Existing cultivation

-

Forest Dept. in Norh Sikkim

 

26. Previous assessment

 

EN in H. P, J&K (Kulu CAMP)

27. Data sources

(including literature)

§         Flowers of the Himalaya

§         Indian Red Data Book

 

28. Compilers

A.A. Mao (Facilitator), T.T.C. Marak, Ameenba Yaden, Padmeshwar Gogoi, Anupam Sarmah (Recorder), Chandra Barooah, Ayesha Ahmed, N.S. Jameer,

Kenneth M. Pala.

29. Reviewers

R. R. Rao (Facilitator), K. Haridasan, A.N. Rao,

R.C. Sundriyal, P. Gajurel, Mridul Goswami,

R. Vijaya Sankar (Recorder), R.S. Pathak, G.A. Kinhal.