A. Species

Scientific name: Cycas circinalis

Common name(s): Jangli madan must ka phul;

Global IUCN Red List Threat Status: Endangered

B. Location of use

Geographic location(s):

• India

Country/Region:

C. Scale of assessment

Scale of assessment: Sub-national / Sub-region / Sub-State

Name/Details of location: Western Ghats and hilly regions of the southern peninsula, in the states of Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and the south of Maharashtra.

D. Timescale of use

Start Year: 2008

End Year: 2008

E. Information about the use

How is the wild species sourced?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat

Type of use: Extractive

Practice of use: Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild

Lethal or non-lethal: Lethal and Non-Lethal

Does this use involve take/extraction of: The whole entire organism and Only parts or products of the organism

Purpose(s) of end use: Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene and Materials and construction

Motivation of use: Basic subsistence and Income generation from trade (individual/household/community)

Is this use legal or illegal?: Some use is legal and some is illegal

F. Information about the Users

Which stakeholder(s) does the record primarily focus on?: Local people

G. Information about the sustainability of use

Is there evidence that the use is having an impact on the target species?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an ecological perspective been recorded?: No, sustainability not determined

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an economic perspective been recorded?: No, sustainability not determined

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a social perspective been recorded?: No, sustainability not determined

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a human health perspective been recorded?: Yes, considered sustainable

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an animal health/welfare perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Recommendations provided in the record to maintain or enhance the sustainability of the use of the target species

Identify sustainable management practices/plans (quantity, frequency, timing of harvest) that can be promoted at the community level and maintained through community-monitoring programs. This will entail further research on the ecology of this species, its uses/harvest by communities across its range and their impacts. Strengthen and further promote the community-based Cycas monitoring programs that have been initiated. Improve identification of the cycad species in India, with an easy-to-read Field Guide that would help to identify species in the wild and potentially from parts in markets. This would help to clarify which populations are actually C. circinalis or other species. Carry out a survey of the market for Cycas (including both South and North India). This has not yet been done and could throw more light on quantity of trade and demand (including timing of demand) for different parts of the plant. Develop a Cycas database which could be held with the Biodiversity Board to disseminate and enhance information on species/populations in the wild. Promote dialogue with the Medicinal Plant Board to identify the threats to the species and work with them to come up with criteria for procurement of raw material.

Record source

Information about the record source: grey_lit

Date of publication/issue/production: 2008-01-01T00:00:00+0000

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Date of record entry: 2023-09-25