|
Species (& synonyms) |
Cinnamomum macrocarpum Hook.f. |
|
Vernacular name |
Kadu dalchini (Kan.); Karuva (Mal.); Periya lavangapattai (Tam.) |
|
Family |
LAURACEAE
|
|
Taxonomic status |
Species |
|
Habit |
Tree |
|
Habitat |
Moist
deciduous to evergreen forest |
|
Original global
distribution |
ENDEMIC to southern India |
|
Current regional
distribution |
Karnataka,
Kerala and Tamil Nadu. |
|
- Elevation (m) |
600
- 900 (1800) |
|
- Range (km2) |
>
20,000 |
|
- Area occupied (km2) |
>
2,000 |
|
- No. of locations |
20
(ref. Atlas of French Institute) |
|
Population Trends |
|
|
- % decline |
>
20 |
|
- Time/Rate ( years or
generations) |
3
generations |
|
- No. of mature individuals |
Not
known |
|
Global population |
Declining
|
|
Regional population |
Not
assessed |
|
Data quality |
General
field study, Kostermans in BBSI 25: 102.1983 (85). |
|
Recent field studies |
C.G.Kushalappa
(1995), Talacauveri, P.S.Udayan (1995), Sispara, Jambotti forest; K.R.Keshava
Murthy (1996), Uttara Kannada; M.D.Subash Chandran (1996), Uttara Kannada;
K.Ravikumar, P.S.Udayan and S.P.Subramani (1997-98), Talacauveri, Subramanya
and Agumbe MPCAs; P.S.Udayan (1997), Jambotti forest; S.P.Subramani (1998),
Kirpoli forest, Belgaum Dist., (KA). N.Anil Kumar (1992-93), Pathanamthitta;
P.S.Udayan (1997-98), Murijan Puzha, Kulamavu, Purakkayam, Moozhikkal,
Ponthanpuzha and Nilakkal; A.E.Shanawaz Khan (1996), Thiruvananthapuram
(KL). K.Ravikumar (1995), Top Slip MPCA (TN). |
|
Threats |
Harvest
for medicine (Hm), Harvest for medicine (Hm), Trade for parts (Tp). |
|
Trade |
Local,
Commercial and International. |
|
Other comments |
Bark
used as medicine and in the preparation of agarbathi. Inter-state trade practised and exported. Kostermans (l.c.) opines that C.malabatrum (Burm.f.) Bl. and C. macrocarpum Hook.f. are distinct species with qualitative
characters. |
|
Status |
|
|
- IUCN |
VULNERABLE (VU) |
|
- Criteria based on |
Population
reduction (A1a.d) |
|
- CITES |
No |
|
- IWPA (1972; 91) |
No |
|
- National legislation |
Not in negative list of exports
(Notification 2 (RE-98) dt 13.4.98, 1997-2002) |
|
Recommendations |
|
|
- Research management |
Limiting
factor research (Lr), Sustainable harvest (O). |
|
- P.H.V.A. |
No |
|
Cultivation prog.
recommendations |
|
|
- Cultivation |
Level
3 (research) |
|
- Level of difficulty |
Level
1 (Least difficult) |
|
Existing cultivation |
None |
|
- Names of facilities |
Nil |
|
Previous assessment |
VU in CAMP-III (Jan.‘97) compiled by
P.Venu, P.S.Udayan, D.K.Ved, C.G.Kushalappa, S.P.Subramani, A.E.Shanawaz
Khan, S.Noorunnisa Begum and Caroline Priya. |
|
Sources |
A.E.Shanawaz
Khan, C.G.Kushalappa, P.S.Udayan, K.R.Keshava Murthy, K.Ravikumar, N.Anil
Kumar, M.D.Subhash Chandran (persn. observn.). |
|
Compilers |
A.G.Pandurangan,
D.K.Ved, D.Narasimhan, D.Stephen, Dasappa, C.Seema, Y.N.Seetharam,
K.R.Geetha, T.S.Srinivasa Murthy, M.Abdul Kareem. |
|
Reviewers |
M.Ahmedullah,
T.Ananda Rao, N.Anil Kumar, Anjali Wadehra, Anjana Mudappa, S.Aroumougame,
S.S.R.Bennet, J.L.Ellis, R.Gopalan, B.Gurudev Singh, V.P.Hiremath,
V.Irudayaraj, C.R.Jawahar, P.John Jebaraj, C.G.Kushalappa, Mohan Karnat,
N.Mohanan, K.N.Murthy, M.P.Nayar, S.Noorunnisa Begum, V.Prabhakaran,
V.S.Ramachandran, S.R.Ramesh, K.Ravikumar, Sanjay Molur, N.Sasidharan,
A.E.Shanawaz Khan, B.V.Shetty, B.S.Somashekhar, Subhash Mali, S.P.Subramani,
T.S.Suma, Sumy Oommen, D.Suresh Baburaj, M.H.Swaminath, P.S.Udayan, Vinay
Tandon and M.B.Viswanathan. |