Scientific Name Frerea indica Dalzell Common Names Shindel Makudi Synonyms Caralluma frerea, Desmidorchis dalzellii

1. Frerea indica

2. • Scientific Name Frerea indica
• Common Names Shindel Makudi
• Family: Apocynaceae

3. Distribution
The IUCN has identified this species as one of the
twelve most endangered plant species on earth.
Nasik (Trymbakeshwar,
Anjaneri hills)
Pune (Junnar: Shivneri
fort; Purandhar),
Ahmednagar (Randha
falls)
Satara
(Mahabaleshwar),
Endemic to
Maharashtra

4. Star-
shaped
flower
Red of
petals with
some yellow
cross
Flowering :
The monsoons
in India
Habitat:
Rock crevices on hill cliffs

5. Medicinal uses
Traditional knowledge : for pain relief by rubbing on skin

6. Why the
plant is
endangered
?
the local
inhabitants
like to eat the
succulent
stems.
grazing and
natural disasters.
landslides, fire,
insect infestation.
lack of specific
pollinators,

7. How it can be saved?
the stem
cutting
propagation
to reproduce
In Naoroji
Godrej Center
for Plant
Research,
Satara, plants
have been
propagated
through
cuttings
More than 100
pots of the
species are
maintained in
Shivaji
University,
Kolhapur.

8. Thanks..!