Syzygium travancoricum

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	MYRTALES	MYRTACEAE

Scientific Name:	Syzygium travancoricum
Species Authority:	Gamble

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Critically Endangered C2a ver 2.3

Year Published:

1998

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

CAMP Workshops on Medicinal Plants, India (January 1997)

History:

1997

–

Endangered (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:	Native: India (Kerala)
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Population [top]

Population:	The total population is very small, numbering less than 200. The sacred grove of Aickad is reported to harbour four individuals and another subpopulation of 15 to 20 trees has been seen at Guddrikal.

Population:

The total population is very small, numbering less than 200. The sacred grove of Aickad is reported to harbour four individuals and another subpopulation of 15 to 20 trees has been seen at Guddrikal.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems:	Terrestrial

Systems:

Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The swampy wetland habitat has been widely drained and converted into paddy fields.

Major Threat(s):

The swampy wetland habitat has been widely drained and converted into paddy fields.

Bibliography [top]

	Emanoil, M. (ed.) 1994. Encyclopedia of endangered species. IUCN - The World Conservation Union. Gale Research International Ltd. Molur, S et al. (eds). 1995. Conservation assessment and management plan (CAMP) for selected species of medicinal plants of southern India. Nayar, M.P. and Sastry, A.R.K. (eds) 1987. Red Data Book of Indian Plants. Vol. 1. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta. Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK. Ramesh, B.R. and Pascal, J.-P. 1997. Atlas of endemics of the Western Ghats (India). Distribution of tree species in the evergreen and semi-evergreen forests. Institut Français de Pondichéry.

Emanoil, M. (ed.) 1994. Encyclopedia of endangered species. IUCN - The World Conservation Union. Gale Research International Ltd.

Molur, S et al. (eds). 1995. Conservation assessment and management plan (CAMP) for selected species of medicinal plants of southern India.

Nayar, M.P. and Sastry, A.R.K. (eds) 1987. Red Data Book of Indian Plants. Vol. 1. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.

Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK.

Ramesh, B.R. and Pascal, J.-P. 1997. Atlas of endemics of the Western Ghats (India). Distribution of tree species in the evergreen and semi-evergreen forests. Institut Français de Pondichéry.

Citation:	CAMP Workshops on Medicinal Plants, India 1998. Syzygium travancoricum. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012.
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