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Species |
Aegle
marmelos (L.) Corr. |
|
Synonyms |
Crateva marmelos L., Aegle marmelos var. mahurensis Zate |
|
Family |
Rutaceae |
|
Vernacular Name |
Bel, Baela |
|
Trade Name |
Bel |
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Taxonomic status |
Species |
|
Habit |
Tree |
|
Forest Type Microhabitat |
Dry deciduous forest Generally along slopes |
|
Original Global distribution |
India, Myanmar, Sri
Lanka |
|
Regional distribution (Maharashtra) |
Through-out Maharashtra
(all wild populations) except evergreen belt in Konkan |
|
Elevation |
0 – 1000 Meters |
|
Extent of Occurrence (EOO) |
> 20,000 km2 |
|
Area of Occupancy (AOO) |
>2000 km2 |
|
No. of locations |
>10 |
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Generation time |
30 Years |
|
Population trends - % decline |
>30 % |
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Time / Rate (Yrs./ Generation) |
3 generations |
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Population distribution |
---- |
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Data Quality |
General field studies
& Literature |
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Recent field studies |
Naik V.N. (1972-2000)
Marathwada Challare B.R.
(1985-2001) Chalisgaon Chandrasingh Pawara
(1965-2001) Nandurbar Patil S.H. (1993-2001)
Khandesh Yadav S.S. (1982-2001)
Khandesh, Nasik |
|
Threats |
T-Trade, Local use, La-
Loss of Habitat, I- Human interference, Tp- Trade for parts |
|
Other comments |
Aegle marmelos var. mahurensis is under threat. |
|
Status: IUCN |
VU – Vulnerable
|
|
Criteria based on |
A 2 c, d |
|
CITES |
Yes |
|
Presence in Protected Areas |
No |
|
Research Recommendations |
------ |
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Management Recommendations |
------ |
|
Cultivation Recommendations Level of difficulty |
Large-scale cultivation
needed. 1 - Least difficult |
|
Sources |
Flora of Marathwada,
V.N.Naik Flora of Maharashtra,
Dicotyledons, N.P.Singh & S. Karthikeyan, Flora of Maharashtra, M.R.
Almeida Flora of Nasik, P.
Lakshminarasimhan & B.D. Sharma Flora of Raigad, M. J.
Kothari & S. Moorthy Flora of Sindhudurg,
B.G. Kulkarni, Flora of Nagpur, Ugemuge Flora of Nasik, P.
Lakshminarasimhan & B.D. Sharma Flora of Akola,
S.Y.Kamble & S.G.Pradhan Flora of Yavatmal, S.
Kartikeyan & Anand Kumar Flora of Buldhana, P.G.
Diwakar & B.D. Sharma Flora of Melghat, Dhore
& Joshi, Flora of Chandrapur, Moorthy |
|
Compilers |
Challare B., Chaudhary
C., Jadhav Guruji, Jagtap S., Khankane, Kulkarni M., Naik V., Patil S.,
Pawara C., Prasad V., Ravikumar K., Reddy, Upadhye A., Vartak V., Yadav S. |