1. Botanical name

Aconitum deinorrhizum Stapf.

2. Synonym(s) 

-

3. Family

Ranunculaceae

4. Taxonomic status

Species

5. Vernacular names

-

6. Habit

Perennial herb

7. Habitat

Alpine / Sub alpine meadows

8. Original global distribution

Busshair Himalaya

9. Current

regional

distribution

Himachal Pradesh

Shagali thatch,  Chenshol, Gajyam thatch, Tangankhai

Jammu & Kashmir

-

Uttaranchal

-

10. Elevation range (m)

2,800 – 4,500

11. Population Reduction – PR

 

States

< 30%

30 to 49%

50 to < 80%

­³ 80%

Himachal Pradesh

 

 

ü

 

Jammu & Kashmir

 

 

ü

 

Uttaranchal

 

 

 

 

Data quality

 3, 4

11 a. Time/Rate (years/generations)

10 years

12. Extent of Occurrence – EOO

 < 5, 000 Km2 (Severely fragmented)

13. Area of Occupancy – AOO

< 500 Km2

14. No. of  locations / sub-populations 

Himachal Pradesh

Jammu & Kashmir

Uttaranchal

7

5

-

14 a. Data quality

3,  4

15. Threats 

L (Loss of Habitat), H (Harvest), Ov (Over harvest), T (Trade)

16. Trade

 

Name(s)

Mohra

Level(s)

Local ü

Regional ü

National ü

Global

Parts traded

Roots

Effect on population

Declining

Data quality

3, 4

17. Other comments

·         Sustainable collection needed

 

18. Recent field studies

·         Police Scientists (1995-96) in HP

·         N.S. Chauhan

19. Status

Himachal Pradesh

Jammu & Kashmir

Uttaranchal

- CITES     

-

- Legislation

Negative list of Exports, 1998

- Criteria based on

EN (A 2 c, d)

EN (A 2 c, d)

-

- IUCN

EN

EN

-

20. % of global presence

20 – 30 %

-

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

-

Research / Management

Lh (Life history studies), H (Micro habit analysis),

a) in situ

Srikhand Mahadev (Shimla), Bhaderwali (J&K)

b) ex situ

-

   i) Cultivation

-

   ii) Level of difficulty in propagation / cultivation

3 (very difficult)

25. Existing cultivation-

-

26. Previous assessment

EN (J & K, H.P) – Kullu CAMP

27. Data sources (Including literature)

-

28. Compilers

H. B. Naithani (facilitator), S. S. Samant (recorder), V. P. Bhat, M. C. Nautiyal, S. K. Murti, G. A. Kinhal, R. Vijaya Sankar

29. Reviewers

Rekha Naithani, N.K. Bhardwaj, Kailash Sharma, R. K. Verma, Vaneet Jishtu, Rajender Kumar, Ranjit Rawat,

N. S. Chauhan, Vinay Tandon, H. K. Badola