1. Botanical name

Stereospermum chelonoides (L.F.) DC

2. Synonym(s)

Stereospermum suaveolens DC

3. Family

Bignoniaceae

4. Taxonomic status

Species

5. Vernacular names

Padar

6. Habit

Tree

7. Habitat

Dry deciduous forest

8. Original global distribution

India

9. Current

regional

distribution

 

Chhattisgarh

Bilaspur

Madhya Pradesh

Amarkantak, Raigarh, Pachmarhi

10. Elevation range (m)

300 – 900

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 generations

12. Extent of Occurrence – EOO

>20,000Km2

13. Area of Occupancy – AOO

>2,000 Km2

14. No. of  locations / sub-populations 

Chhattisgarh

Madhya Pradesh

Many

Many

14 a. Data quality

2, 3, 4

15. Threats

Hm (Harvest for medicine), Tp (Traded for parts)

16. Trade

 

Name(s)

Padar

Level(s)

Local

Regional ü

National ü

Global

Parts traded

Root, Bark

Effect on population

Declining

Data quality

2, 3, 4

17. Other comments

Main constituent of Dasmularisth

18. Recent field studies

 

19. Status

Chhattisgarh

Madhya Pradesh

- CITES

-

- Legislation

-

- Criteria based on

NT (A 2 c, d)

NT (A 2 c, d)

- IUCN

NT

NT

20. % of global presence

5 – 10 %

5 – 10 %

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

Amarkantak, Bilaspur, Raigarh, Pachmarhi

b) ex situ

-

   i) Cultivation

-

   ii) Level of difficulty in propagation / cultivation

1 (Least difficult)

25. Existing cultivation-

-

26. Previous assessment

-

27. Data sources

(Including literature)

·    Flora of Madhya Pradesh

·    Flora of Jabalpur

·    Flora of Raipur

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