Species
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Embelia
ribes Burm. f. |
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Synonyms |
E. glandulifera Wight |
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Family |
Myrsinaceae |
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Vernacular Name |
Wavding, Karkannie,
Waiwarang, Widang |
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Trade Name |
Wavding |
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Taxonomic status |
Species |
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Habit |
Woody scandent shrub |
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Forest Type Microhabitat |
Semi-evergreen, Dry
& Moist deciduous Fringes of forest,
along streamS |
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Original Global distribution |
Indo Malayan |
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Regional distribution (Maharashtra) |
Amaravati, Gondia,
Ratnagiri, Satara, Kolhapur, Sindhudurg, Raigad, Pune, Thane, Sangali |
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Elevation |
100 - 1400 meters |
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Extent of Occurrence (EOO) |
>20,000 km2 |
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Area of Occupancy (AOO) |
10 –500 km2 |
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No. of locations |
>10 |
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Generation time |
10 years |
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Population trends - % decline |
>50 % |
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Time / Rate (Yrs./ Generation) |
3 generations |
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Population distribution |
Fragmented |
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Data Quality |
General field studies
& Literature |
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Recent field studies |
BSI District survey,
Mahajan (1970-2000) Dahanu, Kolhapur, Mahabaleshwar, Chandoli, Sardesai
(1994-2000) Kolhapur, Badave (2000) Koyana nagar |
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Threats |
Hm – Harvest for
Medicine, O – Habitat fragmentation Ov – Overexploitation |
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Other comments |
Since fruits are
harvested, regeneration is very much reduced. Improper harvesting –
destructive exploitation. |
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Status: IUCN |
DD – Data
Deficient (regarding population decline)
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Criteria based on |
Not applicable |
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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 Lh – Life history
studies, H – Husbundary research M – Monitoring to
determine population information. |
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Management Recommendations |
-------- |
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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 Dicotyledones, N.P. Singh & S. Karthikeyan, Flora of Mahabaleshwar,
S.Deshpande et al Flora of Sindhudurg,
B.G. Kulkarni Flora of Bombay
Presidency, Cooke |
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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. |