Are specific characteristics/traits being targeted?
Unknown/not recorded
Purpose of Use
Income generation from trade at individual or household or community
Largescale commercial exploitation for trade
Cultural/spiritual
Additional Details (if available)
It is believed that this plant replenishes liver and kidney, strengthens bones and muscles, expels and eases the joint and for deficiency of liver and kidney manifested as chronic rheumatism, backache, flaccidity and immovability of lower extremities, and frequent enuresis (Yao 1996, Ou 1992). Hairs on the rhizome of this plant have long been used as a styptic for bleeding wounds in China and Malaysia (Holttum 1963)
What is the main end use for any living organisms, parts or products taken/extracted?
Only the populations outside nature reserves can be collected according to regulations of local governments and forest offices. So far, no illegal trade has been found.
Local people (e.g., individuals, communities, co-operatives)
National / local private sector
International private sector
If more than one box ticked, please provide more details
The dry sliced rhizomes of Cibotium called “Gouji” mainly enter the domestic markets for trade, and the largest consumers are factories for producing pills of “Zhuangyao Bushen Wan”, a medicine which is helpful to maintaining the function of kidney. In addition to the above-mentioned markets, some “Gouji” is used by individuals and for export. The main import countries and regions include South Korea, the United States, Hong Kong, and Canada.
Is the use part of a strategy to generate conservation incentives, to finance conservation, or to improve tolerance/stewardship?
Unknown/not recorded
Is there evidence that the use is affecting the conservation status of the species? HIDE
Unknown/not recorded
Is there evidence that the use is affecting natural selection?
Unknown/not recorded
Is there evidence that the use is affecting poaching of illegal wildlife trade?
Unknown/not reported
Is there any evidence that this use of the species is having a knock-on effect on the status of non-target species
Unknown/not recorded
Unknown/not recorded
Details of assessment carried out
NDF Finding: The export quota of 130 tons per year is reasonable. In future, export of final products rather than raw materials should be encouraged.
Has a valuation of financial flows from this use at the site/national/international level been recorded