1. Botanical name

Plumbago zeylanica L.

2. Synonym(s)

-

3. Family

Plumbaginaceae

4. Taxonomic status

Species

5. Vernacular names

Chitrak, Chitah, Chatawar, Chitra, Chitramula

6. Habit

Under shrub

7. Habitat

Occasionally found between rocks, edges of forests

8. Original global distribution

Tropical Africa and Asia

9. Current

regional

distribution

 

Chhattisgarh

Through out

Madhya Pradesh

Throuth out

10. Elevation range (m)

Up to 500

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)

10 years

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

2, 3, 4

15. Threats

Hm (Harvest for medicine), L (Loss of Habitat), Tp (Traded for parts)

Sd (Draught)

16. Trade

 

Name(s)

Chitrak, Chitra, Chitramool

Level(s)

Local ü

Regional ü

National ü

Global ü

Parts traded

Root

Effect on population

Declining

Data quality

2, 3, 4

17. Other comments

Need to promote cultivation of this species

18. Recent field studies

Flora of Madhya Pradesh, Vol I. BSI

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

-

Research / Management

a) in situ

Bhopal Patnam

b) ex situ

-

   i) Cultivation

-

   ii) Level of difficulty in propagation / cultivation

 

25. Existing cultivation-

-

26. Previous assessment

-

27. Data sources

(Including literature)

Flora of Madhya Pradesh, Vol I. BSI,

Flora of Bhopal

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

Plenary