1. Botanical name		Pterocarpus marsupium Roxb.
2. Synonym(s)		-
3. Family		Fabaceae
4. Taxonomic status		Species
5. Vernacular names		Bijasal, Bija, Pharri
6. Habit		Tree
7. Habitat		Tropica dry deciduous forests
8. Original global distribution		Peninsula and S. India.
9. Current regional distribution	Chhattisgarh	All over the state
	Madhya Pradesh	All over the state
10. Elevation range (m)		700 – 1,500
11. Population Reduction – PR	States	< 30%	30 to 49%		50 to < 80%		³ 80%
	Chhattisgarh		ü
	Madhya Pradesh		ü
	Data quality	1, 3
11 a. Time/Rate (years/generations)		10 years
12. Extent of Occurrence – EOO		>20,000Km^2
13. Area of Occupancy – AOO		>2,000Km^2
14. No. of locations / sub-populations		Chhattisgarh			Madhya Pradesh
		-			-
14 a. Data quality		1, 3
15. Threats		E (Edaphic factors), Hm (Harvest for medicine), L (Loss of Habitat), Tp (Traded for parts), Sf (Fire)
16. Trade	Name(s)	Bija
	Level(s)	Local ü		Regional ü	National ü			Global ü
	Parts traded	Wood, Gum
	Effect on population	Declining
	Data quality	1, 3
17. Other comments		-
18. Recent field studies		R.K. Pandey et.al. . 1992-2000. Project report
19. Status		Chhattisgarh				Madhya Pradesh
- CITES		-
- Legislation		Nationalised timber – (IFA 1927)
- Criteria based on		VU (A 2 c, d)				VU (A 2 c, d)
- IUCN		VU				VU
20. % of global presence		10-15 %
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?		-
24. Recommendations		Seed biology, Regeneration studies, Studies on biotic impact
Research / Management
a) in situ		-
b) ex situ		-
i) Cultivation		-
ii) Level of difficulty in propagation / cultivation		3 (Highly difficult)
25. Existing cultivation-		-
26. Previous assessment		-
27. Data sources (Including literature)		-
28. Compilers		S. N. Khotele, Omkar Lal Shrivastava, R. K. Pandey, Pushp Jain, Ruby Sharma, J. P. Sharma, Shweta Singh, R. Vijaya Sankar, R. K. S. Tiwari, 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