Research Article | Published: 01 December 2005

Ex situ conservation and clonal propagation of a critically endangered endemic wild cinnamon from the southern Western Ghats

Sainudeen Muhammed Shareef, Sam P. Mathew and G. Thulasidas

Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products | Volume: 12 | Issue: 4 | Page No. 183-186 | 2005
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2005-MHX03O | Cite this article

Abstract

Cinnamomum heyneanum Nees, an endemic wild relative of commercial Cinnamon, confined only to type collection from Karnataka State and thought to be extinct until the recent rediscovery after 185 years from the evergreen forests of Kerala. The present article discusses the ex situ conservation of this critically endangered Lauraceous aromatic species through field gene bank of the Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute (TBGRI) and successful clonal multiplication through air layering for further advance research and bioprospecting of the same.

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Shareef, S.M., Mathew, S.P. and Thulasidas, G., 2005. Ex situ conservation and clonal propagation of a critically endangered endemic wild cinnamon from the southern Western Ghats. Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products, 12(4), pp.183-186. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2005-MHX03O

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Manuscript Published on 01 December 2005

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