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Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: This species has a wide geographic range from India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and China (Yunnan), through much of South East Asia.
Countries occurrence:
Native:
Bangladesh; Bhutan; Cambodia; China (Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); India (Andhra Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Assam, Bihar, Bihar, Dadra-Nagar-Haveli, Daman, Delhi, Diu, Goa, Goa, Gujarat, Gujarat, Haryana, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, 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); Lao Peoples Democratic Republic; Myanmar (Myanmar (mainland)); Nepal; Thailand; Viet Nam
Present - origin uncertain:
Sri Lanka
Additional data:
? Lower elevation limit (metres): 200
? Upper elevation limit (metres): 2000
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Population [top]
Population: This species has a wide geographic range and is found in a variety of habitats. It tolerates some disturbance, as it is reported from secondary forest. The population is inferred to be large and stable.
Current Population Trend: Stable
Additional data:
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: This large climber is found in mixed deciduous and dry evergreen forests on slopes and along riverbanks, and also in forest clearings, secondary forest and thickets. It is found on sandy, laterite and clay soils and on limestone. This very large climber has the potential to damage trees.
Systems: Terrestrial
Use and Trade [top]
Use and Trade: In northern Thailand the leaves and stems of this species are boiled, with Dicranopteris, and used as a liquid to apply to broken bones as an analgesic (Anderson 1986). In Kerala a leaf paste is used to treat conjunctivitis (Vijayan et al. 2007). Gum extracted from the wood, fibre from the bark and oil from the seeds is reputed to have economic use in Bangladesh (Rezia Khatun 2009)
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): This is a widespread species with no major threats identified at present.
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: No specific conservation measures are in place for this widespread species. It may benefit from existing protected areas, for example, it is listed as common in the Royal Chitwan national park in Nepal (Green 1993). It was not found in available lists of seed banks. It was recorded as a species of Peradeniya Royal botanic gardens in Sri lanka in 1970.
Citation: Chadburn, H. 2012. Spatholobus parviflorus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T19892187A20144268. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T19892187A20144268.en. Downloaded on 17 January 2017.
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