Commiphora wightii

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	SAPINDALES	BURSERACEAE

Scientific Name:	Commiphora wightii
Species Authority:	(Arn.) Bhandari

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Data Deficient ver 2.3

Year Published:

1998

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

CAMP Workshops on Medicinal Plants, India (January 1997)

Reviewer/s:

Contributor/s:

History:

1997

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Vulnerable (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	A small tree occurring in dry zones from the Deccan and west India to the north-west and Karachi, Sind and Balochistan in Pakistan.
Countries:	Native: India (Gujarat, Rajasthan); Pakistan
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Population [top]

Population:	The unsustainable exploitation of the gum has caused declines, particularly in the southern populations. In the northern parts of its distribution it remains relatively common.

Population:

The unsustainable exploitation of the gum has caused declines, particularly in the southern populations. In the northern parts of its distribution it remains relatively common.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Dry areas.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The gum is of importance in international trade and it appears to be being extracted at unsustainable rates, causing declines.

Major Threat(s):

The gum is of importance in international trade and it appears to be being extracted at unsustainable rates, causing declines.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	The Government of India has banned the export of the species.

Conservation Actions:

The Government of India has banned the export of the species.

Citation:	CAMP Workshops on Medicinal Plants, India (January 1997) 1998. Commiphora wightii. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2013.
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