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Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: The species has a wide distribution from northeastern Africa to southwestern Asia. The species is recorded from Egypt, east through Iraq, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Nepal to southern China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan) and south through Indochina and the Malay Peninsula to Indonesia.
Countries occurrence:
Native:
Bangladesh; Cambodia; China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan); Egypt; India (Darjiling, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal); Indonesia; Iraq; Lao Peoples Democratic Republic; Malaysia; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Viet Nam
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Population [top]
Population: No information available.
Current Population Trend: Unknown
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Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: The species grows in marshy areas, on the margins of open water in swamps, ponds and lakes, often rooting in the water and scrambling over emergent vegetation.
Systems: Terrestrial; Freshwater
Use and Trade [top]
Use and Trade: Fresh roots are used as a cure for jaundice. A decoction of the plant is used as a gargle and milky juice is also used for washing ulcers in Sind (Pakistan) and India. Roots, leaves and fruits are known to be eaten by poor people in famine times. Roots and leaves are also given to cattle as fodder (Siddiqui et al. 2007). The antimcirbial activity of the plant has also been investigated (Babu Ananth and Reddy 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. Oxystelma esculentum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T199694A9118767. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T199694A9118767.en. Downloaded on 29 September 2016.
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