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India Fights to Get Rosewood Delisted from CITES

  • 22 Aug 2019
  • 3 min read

India, with the help of Bangladesh and Nepal, is trying to de-list ‘Dalbergia sissoo’, from the list of threatened varieties in order to protect the livelihood of handicraft manufacturers and farmers in the Sub-continent.

  • Dalbergia sissoo is commonly known Rosewood, Shisham and is a medium to large deciduous tree, native to India, with a slight crown.
    • Distribution: It is native to the foothills of the Himalayas. It is primarily found growing along river banks below 900 metres (3,000 ft) elevation, but can range naturally up to 1,300 m (4,300 ft).
    • The temperature in its native range averages 10–40 °C (50–104 °F), but varies from just below freezing to nearly 50 °C (122 °F).
    • It can withstand average annual rainfall up to 2,000 millimetres (79 in) and droughts of 3–4 months.
    • Soils range from pure sand and gravel to rich alluvium of river banks; shisham can grow in slightly saline soils.
  • Use: It is used as firewood, timber, poles, posts, tool handles, fodder, erosion control and as a windbreak. Oil is extracted from the seed and tannin from the bark.
  • It is best known internationally as a premier timber species of the rosewood genus. However, Shisham is also an important fuel wood, shade, and shelter.
    • With its multiple products, tolerance of light frosts and long dry seasons, this species deserves greater consideration for tree farming, reforestation and agroforestry applications.
    • After teak, it is the most important cultivated timber tree in India, planted on roadsides, and as a shade tree for tea plantations.

CITES Status

Source: THBL

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