1. Botanical name

Costus speciosus (J. Koenig ex Retz.) Sm.

2. Synonym(s)

Banksea speciosa J. Koenig

3. Family

Costaceae

4. Taxonomic status

Species

5. Vernacular names

Keokanda

6. Habit

Herb

7. Habitat

Sal forests and deforested lands in shady places

8. Original global distribution

India, Sri Lanka, SE Asia, Africa, Australia

9. Current

regional

distribution

 

Chhattisgarh

Bastar, Raigarh, Raipur, Sarguja, Rajnandgaon, Bilaspur

Madhya Pradesh

Balaghat, Hoshangabad, Damoh, Sidhi, Rewa, Mandla, Shevni, Dindori

10. Elevation range (m)

200 – 1,000

11. Population Reduction – PR

 

States

< 30%

30 to 49%

50 to < 80%

­³ 80%

Chhattisgarh

 

ü

 

 

Madhya Pradesh

 

ü

 

 

Data quality

3, 4

11 a. Time/Rate (years/generations)

10 years

12. Extent of Occurrence – EOO

>20,000Km2

13. Area of Occupancy – AOO

>2,000Km2

14. No. of  locations / sub-populations 

Chhattisgarh

Madhya Pradesh

Wide distribution

Wide distribution

14 a. Data quality

3, 4

15. Threats

Hm (Harvest for medicine), Tp (Traded for parts), Hf (Harvest for food),

16. Trade

 

Name(s)

Keo-kanda

Level(s)

Local ü

Regional ü

National ü

Global

Parts traded

Rhizome

Effect on population

Declining

Data quality

3, 4

17. Other comments

Seed formation become scanty due to early harvesting

18. Recent field studies

Tiwari et.al.2002-03

Srivastava, O.L. & Sumita Srivastava, 1997-99

SFRI publication, 1990-2000

19. Status

Chhattisgarh

Madhya Pradesh

- CITES

-

- Legislation

-

- Criteria based on

VU (A 2 c, d)

VU (A 2 c, d)

- IUCN

VU

VU

20. % of global presence

< 5 %

< 5 %

21. Existing Conservation measures

Nil

22. Is the presence of taxon continuous with neighbouring areas ?

Yes

23. Are the outside populations also under similar threats / pressures?

Yes

24. Recommendations

Multiplication in protected area, Sustainable harvesting techniques, Seed biology, Growth behavior

Research / Management

a) in situ

Chhattisgarh – Bagnadi (Rajnandgaon Dt.), Raigarh, Bastar

Madhya Pradesh - Mandla

b) ex situ

 

   i) Cultivation

Experimentation on agronomy as well as fertilizers

   ii) Level of difficulty in propagation / cultivation

1 (Least difficult)

25. Existing cultivation-

Yes (<1%)

26. Previous assessment

 

27. Data sources

(Including literature)

·       Tiwari et.al.2002-03

·       Srivastava, O.L. & Sumita Srivastava, 1997-99

·          SFRI publication, 1990-2000

·          V. Mudgal, K.K. Khanna & D.K. Hajra (1997). Flora of Madhya Pradesh, Vol. II, B.S.I.

28. Compilers

S. N. Khotele (Facilitator), Omkar Lal Shrivastava, R. K. Pandey,

Pushp Jain, Ruby Sharma, J. P. Sharma, Shweta Singh (Recorder),

R. K. S. Tiwari, R. Vijaya Sankar, Vinay Tandon

29. Reviewers

Anjali Rawat, A. K. Bhattacharya, S. J. Chipde, D. K. Ved

K. K.  Khanna, A. K. Kulshrestha, Manish Mishra, Suprava Patnaik,

Manisha Alice Lakra, Nagar, T. R. Sahu, B. Saluja