1. Botanical name		Curcuma angustifolia Roxb.
2. Synonym(s)		-
3. Family		Zingiberaceae
4. Taxonomic status		Species
5. Vernacular names		Tikhur, Bansimant, Jangli kachur
6. Habit		Herb
7. Habitat		Hilly tracts
8. Original global distribution		Tropical Asia, moist, cool areas
9. Current regional distribution	Chhattisgarh	Bastar, Dhamtari, Durg, Raipur, Bilaspur, Raigarh, Jaspur
	Madhya Pradesh	Bargi, Mandla, Seoni, Balaghat, Chhindwara, Amarkantak
10. Elevation range (m)		200 – 900
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		>20,000Km^2
13. Area of Occupancy – AOO		>2,000Km^2
14. No. of locations / sub-populations		Chhattisgarh			Madhya Pradesh
		All districts			Hill areas of M.P.
14 a. Data quality		3, 4
15. Threats		H (Harvest), Hm (Harvest for medicine), Hf (Harvest for food), L (Loss of Habitat), Tp (Traded for parts)
16. Trade	Name(s)	Tikhur
	Level(s)	Local ü		Regional ü	National ü			Global
	Parts traded	Rhizome (Starch is the by product)
	Effect on population	Declining
	Data quality	3, 4
17. Other comments		Sustainable harvesting methods needs to evaluated
18. Recent field studies		Tiwari et.al. 2001-2002 Khotele, S.N. 1998-2001
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		20 – 25 %
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		Habitat protection
Research / Management
a) in situ		Chhattisgarh – Dhamtari, Bilaspur, Bastar,
b) ex situ		-
i) Cultivation		Cultivation should be promoted
ii) Level of difficulty in propagation / cultivation		1 (Least difficult)
25. Existing cultivation-		Nil
26. Previous assessment		Nil
27. Data sources (Including literature)		Annual Report, 2002-03
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		Plenary