1. Botanical name		Curcuma caesia Roxb.
2. Synonym(s)		-
3. Family		Zingiberaceae
4. Taxonomic status		Species
5. Vernacular names		Kali-Haldi, Kariya Haldi, Narkachura
6. Habit		Herb (Rhizomatous)
7. Habitat		Hilly moist shady area
8. Original global distribution		India (East and North East India, West Bengal)
9. Current regional distribution	Chhattisgarh	Bastar, Sarguja, Bilaspur, Raigarh
	Madhya Pradesh	Amarkantak, Mandla
10. Elevation range (m)		300 – 800
11. Population Reduction – PR	States	< 30%	30 to 49%		50 to < 80%		³ 80%
	Chhattisgarh
	Madhya Pradesh
	Data quality	2, 3, 4
11 a. Time/Rate (years/generations)		10 years
12. Extent of Occurrence – EOO		> 20,000 Km^2
13. Area of Occupancy – AOO		> 2,000 Km^2
14. No. of locations / sub-populations		Chhattisgarh			Madhya Pradesh
14 a. Data quality		2, 3, 4
15. Threats		Hm (Harvest for medicine), Lp (Loss of Habitat - Quality), T (Trade)
16. Trade	Name(s)	Kali Haldi
	Level(s)	Local ü		Regional ü	National ü			Global
	Parts traded	Rhizome
	Effect on population	Declining
	Data quality	2, 3, 4
17. Other comments		· This species extensively occurs in NE states. Intensive studies have been made leading to recognition of seven strains / varieties of the species depending upon the extent of dark colour on the leaf and in the rhizome · Its presence in ‘wild’ is reported only in WB. It is often cultivated (Wealth of Asia, 1994). As the wild presence is doubtful in MP & CG, the threat status cannot be assessed. The presence of this species both in wild or in cultivated form has not been reported in Flora of MP,. BSI, 2001.
18. Recent field studies		Aditya Kumar Sharma, 2002. Ph. D thesis. IIFM, Bhopal
19. Status		Chhattisgarh				Madhya Pradesh
- CITES		-
- Legislation		-
- Criteria based on		DD				DD
- IUCN
20. % of global presence		Not estimated
21. Existing Conservation measures		Nil
22. Is the presence of taxon continuous with neighbouring areas ?		Yes (Orissa, Jharkhand)
23. Are the outside populations also under similar threats / pressures?		Yes
24. Recommendations		S (Survey, search and find), M (Monitoring), Hm (Habitat management)
Research / Management
a) in situ		Amarkantak, Mandla, (M.P.) Abujmar area of Bastar, Barsur, Pamed, Bacheli (Chhattisgarh)
b) ex situ		-
i) Cultivation		-
ii) Level of difficulty in propagation / cultivation		1 (Least difficult)
25. Existing cultivation-		Grown in home gardens by Local Vaidyas
26. Previous assessment
27. Data sources (Including literature)		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		Ajay K. Awasthi, Arvind Anil Boaz, P. Bhattacharya, Pankaj Oudhia, Brajesh Kumar Sahu, Krishna Patra, G.A. Kinhal, Vinay K. Sinha, S. S. Chandravanshi