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Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: The species occurs from India, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh east to China and Japan, and south through Indochina, the Philippines and the Malay Peninsula to Indonesia, Micronesia, Polynesia and Australia (Yamazaki 1990, Cook 1996, Kress et al. 2003, Nguyen et al. 2005, Newman et al. 2007, Ahmed 2009, Kwek et al. 2009, Maxwell 2009).
Countries occurrence:
Native:
Australia (Queensland); Bangladesh; Cambodia; China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Tibet [or Xizang], Yunnan, Zhejiang); India (Andaman Is., Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Mizoram, Orissa, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal); Japan (Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku); Korea, Democratic Peoples Republic of; Lao Peoples Democratic Republic; Malaysia; Myanmar (Myanmar (mainland)); Nepal; Philippines; Singapore; Sri Lanka; Taiwan, Province of China; Thailand; Viet Nam
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Population [top]
Population:
No population information on this species.
Current Population Trend: Stable
Additional data:
? Population severely fragmented: No
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: The species grows in a wide range of wet and dry habitats, with var. crustacea occurring in predominantly dry habitats and var. godefroyi in wetlands. It can occur in dry roadsides, lawns, rice fields, riversides, swamps, sandy river banks, low-lying pastures and drying-out tanks, sometimes near the sea-shore. 0-1,100 m alt.
Systems: Terrestrial
Use and Trade [top]
Use and Trade: The species is used in the treatment of bacillary dysentery, enteritis-diarrhoea and indigestion, and also used for snake and tick bites (Duke 2010).
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s):
There are no known past, ongoing or future threats to this species.
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions:
There are no conservation measures in place or needed.
Citation: Lansdown, R.V. 2011. Lindernia crustacea. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T168747A6532301. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T168747A6532301.en. Downloaded on 04 August 2016.
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