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Species (& synonyms) |
Salacia reticulata Wight |
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Vernacular name |
Ekanayakam,
Ponkoranti
(Mal.) |
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Family |
HIPPOCRATEACEAE |
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Taxonomic status |
Species |
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Habit |
Scandent shrub |
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Habitat |
West coast to semi-evergreen forest |
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Original global distribution |
South west India and Sri Lanka |
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Current regional
distribution |
Karnataka, Kerala |
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- Elevation (m) |
Sea level to 1,000 |
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- Range (km2) |
< 500 (KA) |
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- Area occupied (km2) |
< 10 (KA) |
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- No. of locations |
< 2 (KA) |
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Population Trends |
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- % decline |
Not known (KA) |
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- Time/Rate (years or
generations) |
Not known (KA) |
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- No. of mature individuals |
< 10 (KA) |
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Global population |
Not assessed |
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Regional population |
Predicted declining in future |
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Data quality |
General
field studies, informal sightings, indirect observation, literature and
herbarium data. |
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Recent field studies |
C.J.Saldhana
in Fl. Karnataka Vol.2.92. 1996 (KA).
N.Anil Kumar (1987-92), Pathanamthitta (KL).
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Threats |
Harvest
for food (Hf), Harvest for medicine (Hm), Loss of habitat (L), Trade (T). |
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Trade |
Local, commercial. |
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Other comments |
Destructive
collections of roots. Trade name: Ponkorindi.
It is not found in Tamil Nadu. The record of this species in Kerala needs
critical study. |
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Status |
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- IUCN |
CR (KA) |
DD (KL) |
NE (TN) |
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- Criteria based on |
Extent of Occurrence (B1) – KA |
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- CITES |
No |
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- IWPA (1972; 91) |
No |
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- National legialation |
Not in negative list of exports
(Notification 2 (RE-98) dt 13.4.98, 1997-2002) |
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Recommendations |
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- Research management |
Survey-search
and find (S), Monitoring (M), Life history studies (Lh), Habitat management
(Hm), Taxonomic and morphological genetic studies. |
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- P.H.V.A. |
No |
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Cultivation prog.
recommendations |
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- Cultivation |
Level 3 (research) |
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- Level of difficulty |
Level 2 (Moderately difficult) |
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Existing cultivation |
None |
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- Names of facilities |
Nil |
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Previous assessment |
EN (Regionally) & DD
(Globally) in CAMP–III (Jan.‘97) compiled by M.Sivadasan, K.R.Keshava Murthy,
V.S.Ramachandran, V.Chelladurai, G.S.Goraya, N.Loganathan, Meera Iyer. |
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Sources |
N.Anil
Kumar (persn. observn.). |
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Compilers |
M.Abdul
Kareem, M.Ahmedullah, T.Ananda Rao, N.Anil Kumar, Anjali Wadehra, Anjana
Mudappa, S.Aroumougame, S.S.R.Bennet, Dasappa, J.L.Ellis, K.R.Geetha,
R.Gopalan, B.Gurudev Singh, V.P.Hiremath, V.Irudayaraj, Jagat Ram,
C.R.Jawahar, P.John Jebaraj, C.G.Kushalappa, Mohan Karnat, N.Mohanan,
K.N.Murthy, D.Narasimhan, M.P.Nayar, S.Noorunnisa Begum, A.G.Pandurangan,
V.Prabhakaran, V.S.Ramachandran, S.R.Ramesh, K.Ravikumar, Sanjay Molur,
N.Sasidharan, A.E.Shanawaz Khan, C.Seema, Y.N.Seetharam, B.V.Shetty, B.S.Somashekhar,
T.S.Srinivasa Murthy, D.Stephen, Subhash Mali, S.P.Subramani, T.S.Suma, Sumy
Oommen, D.Suresh Baburaj, M.H.Swaminath, P.S.Udayan, D.K.Ved, Vinay Tandon,
M.B.Viswanathan. |
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