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Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: This species is recorded from Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Viet Nam, Hainan China, Jawa and Nusa Tenggara Barat island.
Countries occurrence:
Native:
Bangladesh; Cambodia; China (Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); India (Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Dadra-Nagar-Haveli, Daman, Delhi, Diu, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu-Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa, Pondicherry, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal); Indonesia (Bali, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is.); Lao Peoples Democratic Republic; Myanmar; Thailand; Viet Nam
Additional data:
? Lower elevation limit (metres): 100
? Upper elevation limit (metres): 1000
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Population [top]
Population: With a wide geographic range, and tolerance to some habitat disturbance, the population is inferred to be large and stable.
Current Population Trend: Stable
Additional data:
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: This woody herb, or shrub, is found in grasslands and thickets, on the banks between rice fields and in cleared areas along roads and also in forests and degraded forests.
Systems: Terrestrial
Use and Trade [top]
Use and Trade: This species is used medicinally in Cambodia, Thailand and Laos, in particular for the treatment of respiratory infections. It is also used to fertilize soils (Nguyen Van Thuan et al. 1987).
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): The habitat where this species occurs suffers only from the general threats from expanding human populations and loss of habitat. This species, however, is tolerant of some disturbance, being found along roadside, in agricultural areas and degraded forest.
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: There are no specific conservation measures in place for this widespread species. It may benefit from existing protected areas, for example, it is listed as a species of the Cat Tien National Park in Vietnam. It was not found in available lists of seed bank or botanic garden species.
Citation: Chadburn, H. 2012. Mecopus nidulans. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T19891936A20105474. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T19891936A20105474.en. Downloaded on 16 August 2016.
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