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Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: The species native distribution range is temperate and tropical Asia and Australasia and it has been naturalized elsewhere. In US the plant was introduced as erosion control, food for cattle and wildlife, and shelter for small animals.
Countries occurrence:
Native:
Afghanistan; Bhutan; China (Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Yunnan, Zhejiang); India; Indonesia; Japan; Korea, Democratic Peoples Republic of; Korea, Republic of; Lao Peoples Democratic Republic; Malaysia; Nepal; Pakistan; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Taiwan, Province of China; Thailand; Viet Nam
Introduced:
Australia; United States
Additional data:
? Lower elevation limit (metres): 1700
? Upper elevation limit (metres): 2500
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Population [top]
Population: The population size of the species is not known but a recent survey in 2006 suggest 40 plants from China (MSBP 2010).
Current Population Trend: Unknown
Additional data:
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: Lespedeza cuneata is a perennial herb which occurs in mountain slopes and roadsides. It has been reported from thicket on the bank of a reservoir and associated with Imperata cylindrica, Erigeron sp. and Vitex sp.
Systems: Terrestrial
Use and Trade [top]
Use and Trade: It is used in soil conservation schemes for renewing worn-out soils. The whole plant is antihelmintic (drugs that expel parasitic worms (helminths) from the body), depurative and tonic. A decoction is used in the treatment of testicular tuberculosis, hernia, enuresis, dental caries, toothache, infantile marasmus/ascariasis, snake and dog bites, skin ulcers, dysentery and enteritis.
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): There are no known major threats to this species.
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: It has been listed as a noxious weed in several states in USA. It is primarily a threat to open areas such as meadows, prairies, open woodlands, wetland borders and fields. Seeds have been collested as part of the Millennium Seed Bank Project and by the US National Plant Germplasm System. It is known to occur in six botanical gardens worldwide.
Citation: Lopez Poveda, L. 2012. Lespedeza cuneata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T19892702A20093791. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T19892702A20093791.en. Downloaded on 29 July 2016.
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