Species
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Chlorophytum
borivilianum Sant. & Fern. |
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Synonyms |
------- |
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Family |
Liliaceae |
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Vernacular Name |
Kulai, Turchi, Safed
Musali |
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Trade Name |
Safed Musali |
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Taxonomic status |
Species |
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Habit |
Perennial tuber herb |
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Forest Type Microhabitat |
------- Along planes, moist
places and lower hill slopes |
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Original Global distribution |
India: Maharashtra and
Rajasthan |
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Regional distribution (Maharashtra) |
Buldhana, Akola,
Raigad, Mumbai, Pune, Amravati, Kolhapur, Ratnagiri |
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Elevation |
0 – 950 meters |
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Extent of Occurrence (EOO) |
> 20000 km2
|
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Area of Occupancy (AOO) |
>2000 km2 |
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No. of locations |
>10 |
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Generation time |
1 year |
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Population trends - % decline |
> 50 % |
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Time / Rate (Yrs./ Generation) |
5 years |
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Population distribution |
Fragmented |
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Data Quality |
General field studies
& Literature |
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Recent field studies |
B.S.I survey in
different districts, Bachulkar (2000) Melghat, Pune, Punekar (2000) Pune |
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Threats |
Hm – Harvest for
medicine Ov – Over-exploitation, I – Human interference, Hf – Harvest for food, Tp
– Trade for parts including bark, fruits etc. |
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Other comments |
Indentification of
plant outside the Borivili needs validation. |
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Status: IUCN |
EN – Endangered
|
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Criteria based on |
A 2 c, d ; B 2 (a) & (b) (i) (iii) |
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CITES |
No |
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Presence in Protected Areas |
Yes |
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Research Recommendations |
T – Taxonomic and
morphological genetic studies, S – Survey- search and find, Lh – Life history
studies, Lr – Limiting factor research. |
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Management Recommendations |
M – Monitoring to
determine population information. |
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Cultivation Recommendations Level of difficulty |
Level 1 Least difficult |
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Sources |
Flora of Nagpur by
Ugemuge Flora of Akola, S.Y.
Kamble & S.G. Pradhan Flora of Yavatmal, S.
Karthikeyan & Anand Kumar Flora of Buldhana, P.G.
Diwakar & B.D. Sharma Flora of Maharashtra
state Monocotyledones, B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh, Flora
of Bombay Presidency, Cooke, Flora of Raigad, M. J. Kothari & S. Moorthy Tropical Indian
Medicinal Plants, Sumy, Ved & Krishnan |
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Compilers |
Bhogaonkar P., Bhuskute
S., Das Das, Diwakar P., Giri R., Karant M., Khandwai G., Kulkarni M.,
Lakshminarasimhan P., Padhye M., Patwardhan A., Rao K., Tiwari V., Vivarekar
N. |