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(a) Female and (b) male flowers of Garcinia gamblei. Photos: Abinlal Kavungullachalil.


(1) the low number of reproductively active trees in the population, (2) the rarity of seedlings, indicating low recruit- ment, (3) strong winds during the monsoon season dam- aging the large branches of mature trees, (4) an increasing number of tourists and occasional forest fires, and (5) high seed predation. Measures are required to prevent the extinction of this


rare tree species. Our preliminary studies indicate the seeds have high moisture content and delayed germination. At Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research In- stitute research is being carried out on propagation protocols (both sexual and asexual), population structure and ex situ conservation of G. gamblei.We are planning to collect seeds of G. gamblei for exsitupropagation andpotential translo- cation of the species to the Botanical Garden and its natural habitat.


ABINLAL KAVUNGULLACHALIL,ANURAG DHYANI ( orcid.org/ 0000-0003-0852-6237, anuragdhyani@gmail.com), SURESH SIVANKUNJU,SHAREEF SAINUDEEN MUHAMMED and SANTHOSH KUMAR ETTICKAL SUKUMARAN Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India


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Conservation assessment of Ficuscupulata:a narrow range endemic species of Central India


Ficus cupulata Haines is a rare, endemic tree species of Central India. It was first described by Haines in 1914 based on his collections from Panchmarhi hills of Madhya


Ficus cupulata Haines: (a) habit, (b) fruits. Photos: Amber Srivastava.


Oryx, 2022, 56(4), 489–494 © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Fauna & Flora International doi:10.1017/S0030605322000448


Pradesh. It was recollected 86 years, in 2002, later by Khanna & Kumar from Rorighat near Panchmarhi. This species was considered endemic to Madhya Pradesh until Khanna & Kumar also reported it from Orchha forest division in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, in 2009. The species is allied to Ficus benghalensis L. and Ficus mollis Vahl in its growth form, habitat, and morphological appearance, but is distinct from both in having cupulate bracts in the fruits.


Ficus cupulata came to our attention when we were


working on the traded forest flora of Madhya Pradesh, a project funded by Madhya Pradesh Biodiversity Board, Bhopal (Grant no. MPSBB/AMS (PRJ)/2020/2100). We


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