Vateria indica

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	THEALES	DIPTEROCARPACEAE

Scientific Name:	Vateria indica
Species Authority:	Linn

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Critically Endangered A1cd ver 2.3
Year Published:	1998
Annotations:	Needs updating
Assessor/s:	Ashton, P.
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Contributor/s:

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:	Native: India (Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu)
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Population [top]

Population:	Few healthy populations remain. Regeneration is said to be good where allowed.

Population:

Few healthy populations remain. Regeneration is said to be good where allowed.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	A slow-growing species, found primarily in the west coast evergreen forests, and also occasionally in secondary evergreen dipterocarp forest in the south.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The timber has been overexploited, particularly for the plywood industry. Loss of habitat and other human activities have also contributed to population declines.

Major Threat(s):

The timber has been overexploited, particularly for the plywood industry. Loss of habitat and other human activities have also contributed to population declines.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Some populations are contained in forest reserves. Trees are being planted on a small scale.

Conservation Actions:

Some populations are contained in forest reserves. Trees are being planted on a small scale.

Bibliography [top]

	Ashton, P. 1996. Annotations to: Conservation status listing for Dipterocarpaceae. FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. 1985. Dipterocarps of South Asia. FAO, Bangkok. FRLHT. 1995. Plants under threat - new list forged. AMRUTH 5: 2-3. Molur, S et al. (eds). 1995. Conservation assessment and management plan (CAMP) for selected species of medicinal plants of southern India. 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.

Ashton, P. 1996. Annotations to: Conservation status listing for Dipterocarpaceae.

FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. 1985. Dipterocarps of South Asia. FAO, Bangkok.

FRLHT. 1995. Plants under threat - new list forged. AMRUTH 5: 2-3.

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

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:	Ashton, P. 1998. Vateria indica. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 May 2013.
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