1. Botanical name

Sterculia urens Roxb.

2. Synonym(s)

 

3. Family

Sterculiaceae

4. Taxonomic status

Species

5. Vernacular names

Kullu

6. Habit

Tree

7. Habitat

Tropical dry deciduous forest on hill slopes

8. Original global distribution

Indo – Malaysia

9. Current

regional

distribution

 

Chhattisgarh

Through out

Madhya Pradesh

Throuth out

10. Elevation range (m)

300 – 800

11. Population Reduction – PR

 

States

< 30%

30 to 49%

50 to < 80%

­³ 80%

Chhattisgarh

 

ü

 

 

Madhya Pradesh

 

ü

 

 

Data quality

2, 3, 4

11 a. Time/Rate (years/generations)

3 gnerations

12. Extent of Occurrence – EOO

>20,000Km2

13. Area of Occupancy – AOO

>2,000Km2

14. No. of  locations / sub-populations 

Chhattisgarh

Madhya Pradesh

All districts

All districts

14 a. Data quality

2, 3, 4

15. Threats

Tp (Traded for parts)

16. Trade

 

Name(s)

Kullu

Level(s)

Local

Regional

National ü

Global ü

Parts traded

Gum

Effect on population

Declining

Data quality

2, 3, 4

17. Other comments

Over exploitation for gum

18. Recent field studies

·       Flora of Madhya Pradesh, BSI

·       Flora of Raipur, Flora of Bhopal, Flora of Jabalpur

·       S.S. Bisen - Medicinal plants of Central India

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 %

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

S (Survey, search and find), M (Monitoring)

Research / Management

a) in situ

-

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)

·       Flora of Madhya Pradesh, BSI

·       Flora of Raipur, Flora of Bhopal, Flora of Jabalpur

·       S.S. Bisen - Medicinal plants of Central India

28. Compilers

R. L. S. Sikarwar (Facilitator), Arti Gupta (Recorder), Ashok K. Jain,

N. Mohan Karnat, K. Ravikumar, Shahbaz Ahmad, J. L. Shrivastava,

Ashutosh Tripathi, Uttam Kumar Subuddhi

29. Reviewers

Plenary