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Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: This is an extremely widespread species, being found from Pakistan and India to China and Japan and southwards to Australia.
Countries occurrence:
Native:
Australia (Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Northern Territory, Queensland, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia); Bangladesh; Bhutan; Cambodia; China (Anhui, Anhui, Fujian, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guangxi, Guizhou, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hubei, Hunan, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Yunnan, Yunnan, Zhejiang, Zhejiang); India (Andhra Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Assam, Bihar, Bihar, Chattisgarh, Dadra-Nagar-Haveli, Daman, Delhi, Delhi, Diu, Goa, Goa, Gujarat, Gujarat, Haryana, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu-Kashmir, Jammu-Kashmir, Karnataka, Karnataka, Kerala, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Maharashtra, Manipur, Manipur, Meghalaya, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Mizoram, Nagaland, Nagaland, Orissa, Orissa, Pondicherry, Pondicherry, Punjab, Punjab, Rajasthan, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Tripura, Uttaranchal, Uttar Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, West Bengal, Yanam); Indonesia (Bali, Bali, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera); Japan; Lao Peoples Democratic Republic; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Papua New Guinea (Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea (main island group)); Philippines; Sri Lanka; Taiwan, Province of China; Thailand; Viet Nam
Upper elevation limit (metres): 2500
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Population [top]
Population: This species is considered common throughout much of of its large range. The population is therefore inferred to be large and stable.
Current Population Trend: Stable
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Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: This erect or creeping undershrub is found in wastelands, grasslands and thickets and as a weed in gardens.
Systems: Terrestrial
Use and Trade [top]
Use and Trade: In Indo-China the whole plant is used in the treatment of eye problems and headache (Setyowati-Indarto and Brink 1999).
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): There are no known threats to this widespread species.
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: There are no conservation measures in place or, at present, needed for this common and widespread species. It may occur in protected areas within its range, for example, it is reported to be present in the Jiulianshan Nature Reserve, South Jiangxi in China. It is listed in the CIAT - Tropical forages germplasm collection. It is also listed as a species of Dehra Dun Botanical Garden in India (Chakraverty 2003).
Citation: Chadburn, H. 2012. Desmodium microphyllum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T19892360A20064776. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T19892360A20064776.en. Downloaded on 25 April 2016.
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